Commissioners will be asked to sign a resolution that would mandate furloughs on May 27, June 17, July 1, Aug. 5 and Sept. 2, which would essentially close all non-public safety offices on those Fridays.
Cobb Chairman Tim Lee said public safety officers, such as firefighters and police officers, will be exempt from the mandated days. Instead, those employees will rotate furlough days.
Lee said he will meet with County Manager David Hankerson on Monday to go through plans for handling court system employees, as the county can pull funding, but cannot mandate how they handle budget cuts.
"I asked them to take part in the five furlough days, but I can't tell them to," Lee said. "They wanted to know the dollar amount equivalent to five furlough days, so they have been given that and can make cuts in other ways if they choose to, but I asked them to please take the furlough days in the spirit of other county employees who will have to take the them."
Lee said the five specific days were chosen because three are near holidays and two were positioned so there would not be two furlough days in the same pay period. One day is mandated each month so that they are spread out as far as possible, Lee said.
The Commissioners will also conduct a public hearing regarding a transportation and development study the county is looking to conduct in the Six Flags corridor. The Atlanta Regional Commission awarded the county $100,000 in February to conduct the study, which would map out the county's desires for future development and transportation projects. But the study comes with a $20,000 price tag for the county, as it is required to make the match to receive the $100,000.
Lee said the hearing will gauge residents' opinions on the study and help commissioner to decide whether to move forward with it.
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It's too big a job for one person to eliminate 50% of the kennel occupants without assistance.
If someone took money from you for three years in a row through no fault of your own but through their own mismanagement, selfishness, greed and downright blundering, would you just roll over and say nothing?
If someone then came and took even more because they could not manage their own finances and you had to suffer because of it, would you just keep mum?
And if you stood up for yourself and cried "foul" and some ignoramus told you to just "hush already," would you?
If YOU had any integrity, you wouldn't demand that somebody not complain about having to provide you with a service you're too cheap to pay for. It's not the cops and firefighters (or most other county employees) that put us in this hole.
Freeloader.
Check out what's going on at Cobb County Animal Control. 50% of the kennel population being slaughtered. No chance of rescue or adoption.
Got a doggy or kitty you're thinking of taking "to the pound" because you're unable to keep them any longer? Are you so sure someone would love to adopt such a nice pet? Think again about giving up that *family friend* cuz there's no grace period for owner surrenders anymore -- those unfortunate pets will be euthanized immediately.
So sad. So many beautiful, trusting, adoptable animals with little or no chance now.
Thanks so much, Cobb County Commisioners. You do us all proud!
(P.S. -- show up at the Commissioners Meeting on 4/26/11 -- 100 Cherokee Street -- 7:00 p.m. to show support for our four-legged friends. They should NOT be slaughtered this way because our bossess goofed with the budget!!!)
Seniors that are being displaced by your closing there center.
Shame on you the board and the county manager.
Mules,Dog Walks, lights that burn on sport complexes that are not being used.
#5 The landscaping fees you are paying could be handled by inmate labor or parks and rec employees which would in turn stablize employees jobs. I could go on and on and on.
Put Mr. Moon back in charge of the finances. #6
Oh..... what about the depts. that have hired I.S./I.T people for their own dept. making 50k plus when Cobb County has a very well staffed I.S. dept. Lets get serious here.
Alot the waste in Cobb County is tied to the studies, the SPLOST, the contractors, transportation department & engineers!
Rise up people & quit allowing THEM to rob us blind!
The money spent on ugly sidewalks to nowhere, alone, would pay quite a few police & fire salaries!
The only solution to the terrible unemployment crisis is for the government to hire more employees.
The only solution to the terrible state of everything is for the government to do more, tax more, spend more and make more laws.
And if the government does all these things, the whole system will come down that much faster and we get to start over. Thank heavens!
So sorry about your husband doing this for a year and a half, but Cobb County employees, already stretched pretty thin with hiring freezes, benefit cost increases and no raises for 4 years will probably exceed the loss you're receiving in your household budget. No offense intended.
And to Pay Now: Taking a paid holiday away from employee and making that a furlough day still takes money away from the Cobb County employee. Geeez, we're already giving enough, pease at least allow us the furlough day in conjunction with a holiday so we don't feel the pain quite as much, okay?
(P.S. -- before anyone gripes at me posting on the job, please note the time. It's 12:13 PM and I'm on my 30-minute lunch *hour*, eating a sandwich at my desk. B.O.C. hasn't taking our lunch hours away yet, so I'm posting on my own time.)
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Also-I know you are extremely aggravated. I do believe the furlough days could be done like Paulding County.