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Once again more spin on savings. So lets break down the actual numbers and the savings to the taxpayer. From inception in 2012 until 2049 (37 years) this brainstorm is scheduled to save the taxpayers a whopping 9 million bucks or $243,243.00 per year.

Now, lets cross reference that with the fact that last year the city council agreed to increase the fire fighter unused sick pay bonus scam by 50% which left us with a minimum of $932,500 per year debt, which increases by 1 1/2 % every 6 months. Without the bi-annual increase, that screw up on the part of the council from now until 2049 will cost the taxpayers $34,502,500. (34.5 million) That's at the current rate without increases. So can someone please tell me where the overall savings are going to realized? Will there ever be a time when your elected officials are able to perform simple mathematics, document the facts, not spin it, and actually do something on behalf of the best interest of the taxpayers?

I wonder what your property tax values will reach to cover the unfunded cost of the sick pay scam. Oh, just one other tid bit. As of last Jan.1, the fire department has amassed 22,875 days of unused sick time in the bank at a cost to the taxpayers of $8.47 million dollars liability. When the council agreed to the ridiculously lucrative increase, that jumped the liability as of 7/1/16 to $12.7 million bucks. This cost is not carried on any budget document anywhere in the city. It is completely unaccounted for. And your elected officials cut the deal with the pigs at the trough.