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The budget has no line items. Each department lists personnel, materials and services, capital outlay, and debt services. This is a budget in name only. It's too vague to be of any use. Ashland's budget, and the budget process, are bad jokes at best. If you doubt this, just take a look at Medford's budget, and see what level of …
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Debunking the PERS Problem. Executive Summary: PERS is responsible for approximately 5-7% of the budget. Negotiated benefits are greater than PERS contributions. We've heard over and again that PERS is the largest intractable problem in the budget. It's not true. Total compensation, however, is a huge problem. I'm posting a spreadsheet I made adapted from …
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4/29/21To : 2021 Ashland Budget Committee members I have just reviewed , for the second time, the RVTV videos of the first three 2021 Budget Committee meetings and public emails attached to each meeting. The meetings have a distressing conformity in that the majority of the 3hr. time was taken up with Staff presented Power Point presentations ( slide …
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Ashland's BN 2021-23 budget must reflect the realities of the current economy, and the wants and needs of its citizens. After at least ten years of rising property taxes and utility rates and fees, it is time to focus on reducing expenses. In the past ten years, the fixed fees on my utility bill have increased 59%, water rates have …
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