Correction
Our latest doc on questions mentioned the Fire Department and it was regarding the Police department.
It should read:
2. Police Services. Contract reserve of $900,000 (p64). This is in addition to the existing contractual payments and signals to all that the City is prepared to increase wages by 5.3% in the next round of contract negotiations (Personnel costs in Police Services are $33.767 million so $900K over the new contract months in 2009 represents 5.3%. In the interest of transparency this item should be included in Dept 201 (Police Services)











