YOUNGSTOWN — A consulting firm is recommending a major overhaul of the city’s government operations in an effort to eliminate what it projects to be a $5.5 million operating deficit by the end of next year.
That deficit would grow to $6 million by 2017, and $28 million over that five-year period, according to a $250,000, 29-page study from The PFM Group.
David Eichenthal, the group’s director of management and budget consulting, spent about four months on the study, and presented the findings today to city officials and the media.
There are about 50 recommendations in the study ranging from consolidating departments to slashing the court system to hiring a chief administration officer and professional auditor to increasing health-insurance premiums for city workers.
“We want to put the city on the road to recovery,” Eichenthal said. “We believe our proposals will put the city in a better position.”
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Hmmm... and we paid how much to have them say what everyone already knows?
If they did not make recommendations to cut the city council positions by 2 and cut their pay by half, they do not have a clue what they're talking about and this is just Propaganda to sell their points
Anbody can hire a consulting firm to support their claim. Its done all the time.
I'd be curious about how this committee's points line up with those of the previous committee, that the Council refused to act upon. How many of the points made by the committee Kidd, et al, served on were also made by this committee?