麻州郊區的電報及公報(TELEGRAM
& GAZETTE)昨(23)日報導,費奇堡市市長黃素芬(Lisa Wong)急欲聘請一名經濟發展主任,甚至願意個人減薪兩萬元,以資助這一聘僱行動。
黃素芬在22日告訴該市議員,市內企業的離城而去,讓她憂慮得晚上睡不著。
她告訴該市財務委員會,她當市長不是為了賺錢,是要讓該市免於破產。
費奇堡市為了省錢,五年前裁撤的該一職位,迄今懸缺。該市越南裔市議員Dean A. Tran遞出資助這一職位的請願書。
他說,這是個處理成長遽減,地產稅持續增加的一個辦法。其他市議員也認為早就該填補該一職位。
費奇堡市財務委員會批准了從該市本年度預算餘額中,撥四萬五千元來資助這一職位,條件是市長要回答有關該一事項的所有問題。市議員大會還需審核通過此案。
市議員 Marcus DiNatale投票反對該做法。他說,經費不應該來自市府預算的一次性財政收入。
黃素芬則稱,他們的計劃是讓這名新聘人員自行設法找到自己的年薪來源,並為市府創造一年50萬元左右的新財政收入。她說,企業主需要市府有個讓他們洽商的對象,市府也需要有人來為那500畝的空地做計劃。
費奇堡市將於十一月七日舉行的市議會會議中討論此事。
Read more: http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/breakingnews/ci_24479136/fitchburg-council-oks-funding-economic-development-director#ixzz2kLqobPkD
Fitchburg council OKs funding for economic development director
POSTED: 11/07/2013 10:05:33 PM EST
FITCHBURG -- The City Council has approved funding a newly created economic development director position for the remainder of the fiscal year with free cash.
The council approved the $45,000 spending request from Mayor Lisa Wong in a 9-1 vote, with Finance Chairman Marcus DiNatale in opposition.
DiNatale said he is supportive of the position and agrees it is necessary in the city, but that he disagrees with how to fund it. He said the full-time position, as a recurring expense, should be funded in the budget and not with one-time reserves, and believes the council should have waited until the fiscal 2015 budget process to fund it.
The position, which has been absent from the city in recent years, was recently reinstated with a favorable vote on Councilor-at-Large Dean Tran's petition to bring it back.
Read more: http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/breakingnews/ci_24479136/fitchburg-council-oks-funding-economic-development-director#ixzz2kLqobPkD
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