Comments on: New Spin On Boise “Job Creation”

By: Top Heavy

Top Heavy — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 15:39:33 +0000

Well, at least keeping the attention on all these new ideas there is no real rumble from the rank and file who are severely underpaid. Use any measure you want – national average, poverty guidelines, or spot on the pay scale, the city is trying to force rank and file to quit so they can hire even cheaper. By force to quit I’s saying starve them with no discretionary income. Also they’ve got lots of little summer entertainment type jobs that suck funds from necessary rank and file.

By: Flyhead

Flyhead — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:13:35 +0000

I can see it now… Nepotism will not be tolerated in the choices to fill these jobs unless you are a friend or a relative.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 02:23:01 +0000

remember the money could be coming from the United Water Franchise Fee. since off loading the hydrant maintenance to United Water the Public Utility Commission suggested the City cut their franchise fee (tax), of which $450K was for hydrants (almost the $500K needed for these jobs), to which the city responded the PUC should mind their own business.

https://boiseguardian.com/2016/02/04/puc-suggests-boise-cut-water-fee/

another example how the city works around the rules for budget and tax increases.

EDITOR NOTE–Based on agenda documents it appears the money is “unused” in the various departments. We have noticed a pattern almost every year whereby department heads are ordered (advised, encouraged) to hold back 10% of their approved budgets. Then at the end of the year the council has a spending spree for “one time” items. Some are no doubt needed, others are not.

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:44:52 +0000

The strategy job just means that one more of the Mayor and city Council friends can have another big paying job.

All these jobs go to buddy’s anyway.

By: Yossarian_22

Yossarian_22 — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 03:16:39 +0000

Wow….these new positions really look comfy. $94K for employee culture….I need to sign up for that. I’m a cultural dynamo for $94K/yr. I don’t have any college creds other than auto mechanics but I have lived here for 53 years. I’ve got Boise cultural history pouring out my ears. I’d probably not get the job because I’m guessing they are looking to import a whole new culture into Boise, maybe from offshore. I guess we’ll find out when they hire their fully vetted and credentialed cultural Czar.

By: Easterner

Easterner — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 02:38:07 +0000

And yet the fire department pines about not having enough money.

For year ended 9/2014 city revenues exceeded expenses by 11 million.
Actual expenses were much less than budgeted.
Just consider the volume of fuel the city consumes- a drop in price = excess tax-dollars collected….

Budget results for 2015 is not published yet. Oct to March… 6 months to put together a report that runs monthly? Sounds like ISP’s investigation team.

What shall we do with all this cash?
Give them money and they will spend it.

By: Foothills Rider

Foothills Rider — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 21:22:46 +0000

Still waiting to see or hear any word of the “Community Outreach” Ms. Camacho Mendoza stated was her main goal when she accepted Bieter’s offer of the highly compensated parttime position as Director of Office of Police Oversight (formerly Ombudsman,full-time served honorably by Pierce Murphy). There have been a number of protests, marches, cultural and police events where Camacho Mendoza was strangely absent. This, plus these new jobs imply Bieter has a excess money floating around for positions with flowery descriptors but no real purpose or visibility.

By: Dirk Pitt

Dirk Pitt — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 15:51:33 +0000

If these were state jobs the salaries would be less than half what the cities starting pay is.

By: Eagle Writer

Eagle Writer — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 15:20:52 +0000

There is something prophetic and actually honest about the mayor getting his trolley guy and plans out of the sewer…

By: erico49

erico49 — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 12:54:55 +0000

With more employees maybe they can get better utilization rates on their 1500 vehicles.