Layoffs loom as Lake Worth Beach struggles with electric utility issues
The above is the headline from the Palm Beach Post. As Commissioner Omari Hardy said, “It’s going to be a painful time for the city. The fact that we are even considering layoffs when the economy is ostensibly quite strong shows that, as a city, we are not where we need to be.”All we talk about is spending money such as a new aquatic center. Fix the pool that we have! Stop insisting that we have to be in parity with FPL. We have to run our electric utility to break-even and have cash for capital projects, etc. Commissioners don't want to take money from the utility and give to the General Fund but they continue to put our electric utility in a financial bind.
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8 comments:
the city must take care of its assets and stop the nonsense.
Maybe it's time to stop the ridiculous benefits that our Commissioners make-like the car allowance!
The biggest waste in the city is what the managers make and how the elected are raping the good citizens by taking such huge salaries and all the benefits of a position that is elected, they are not employees, yet make more than most in the city all for 1-2 meetings a month, a right to a paycheck, retirement, etc. What a shame. So sinful what this elected has done to this city robbing them blind. Is there anyone representing this city that really cares about this city or do they all only care about their own pocket books, like andy. Shameful how they threaten layoffs of good hard working employees!
been talking bout this for years.if the bums aren't doing right vote them out.we don't need them to vote in term limits.do it ourselves with the vote.its a shame the word is these guys are for themselves when some of us have run FOR the city and the vote goes to the same.we all know there are a few besides the comm.that run this town.like I have said before I will not vote for anyone in there now.lets get together and do something for the city and stop complaining.
This just amazes me as this was not an issue when we had the right leadership in place that understood how to run an electric utility 7 years ago but they were run off by the city and now we have this unknowledgeable director and assistant director who barely knew how to run a dispatch operations running our electric utility. back Then they did not need all the positions that have been created in the utility that exists now including Engineering manager, assistant directors and other staff, those men at that time run it correctly, lay off some of access and get back to running it correctly then you will see changes.
AFTER READING THE ARTICLE ITS A JOKE THE WAY THESE GUYS EXPLAIN THEIR WAY IS RIGHT.IF ANYTHING IN THIS TOWN SHOULD GO ITS THE ASSISSANTS THEN HALF THE HIGHER UPS IN THE IVORY TOWER.WE HAVE HAD SOME PRETTY INTERESTING LEADERS IN THIS TOWN BUT AT LEAST YOU COULD GET ANSWER FROM THEN.THESE GUYS ACT LIKE THE CITIZENS ARE SECOND CLASS AND HAVE NO BUSINESS ASKING ANYTHING.JUST FOLLOW THEIR WILL.ENOUGH OF THIS.WE NEED TO KEEP ALL OF OUR LINEMEN AND GARBAGE COLLECTORS.WE HAVE TO COME OFF OUR CHAMPAIGN LIFE STYLE WHILE LIVING ON A PABST BUDGET
KEEP WONDERING why they pander to low cost housing instead of single home luxury homes. LW doesn't need anymore multi housing that turn into slums.
Anon 1:09 PM
Those that would answer Citizens answers, so concerns for the Electric customers, outages are serious issues, and run a secure utility are gone. This director is more like Mr. Lindstrom was with the customers concerns 1st and the manager that worked for him was outstanding but now we have all these layers of personnel and Asst Directors who know nothing about running a utility. Why do we keep them
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