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Old 03-20-2010, 10:28 AM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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There needs to be a volunteer program for augmenting those that will be leaving. I would be willing to volunteer 8 hours a week. Shutting a library is incomprehensible.
Nothing is wrong with volunteering in general, HOWEVER, we are then paying for entitlement programs. This robs US of our productivity, our labor and exploits us. For what, for other people's entitlements?

Anyway, I'm not real saavy when it comes to politics, what are the entitlements and maybe we should create a list of them. (Though, I think it'll be hard for us to agree on the list). And we should bring these things up at meetings. (We'd also have to find out when the meetings are and where they are.)
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Old 03-20-2010, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Shakedown Street
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Here is an interesting link to Mecklenberg salaries - it looks like their IT dept (IST) ALONE is way overstaffed.
24 Help Desk employees???
16 IT Managers?
13 Project Managers?

Mecklenburg County salary database - CharlotteObserver.com

This seems like a great amount of waste and should be addressed. Have they ever heard of centralizing their systems?

I am so glad I am moving to SC next month - this is ridiculous.
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Old 03-20-2010, 12:18 PM
 
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What makes you think this is overstaffing?

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Here is an interesting link to Mecklenberg salaries - it looks like their IT dept (IST) ALONE is way overstaffed.
24 Help Desk employees???
16 IT Managers?
13 Project Managers?

Mecklenburg County salary database - CharlotteObserver.com

This seems like a great amount of waste and should be addressed. Have they ever heard of centralizing their systems?

I am so glad I am moving to SC next month - this is ridiculous.
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Old 03-20-2010, 12:33 PM
 
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What makes you think this is overstaffing?
because it looks like overstaffing.

Look baybook, we're not interested in facts... can't you see we have pitchforks and torches?


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Old 03-20-2010, 12:37 PM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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I'd honestly be willing to pay higher taxes if it meant keeping all the libraries open.
I wouldn't be willing.
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Old 03-20-2010, 12:53 PM
 
Location: Shakedown Street
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IT has been going toward a centralized model for years now, and the needed staff has been reduced tremendously. The Help Desk alone could be centralized and reduced, plus why would you need all those managers?
When I worked for a firm with 60,000 employees in the US, we had 10 help desk staff using the centralized model.

Here is an article on CMS alone regarding the number of employees. Either you are an employee of CM, or you haven't heard how their staff had grown considerably the past 2 years. Or just don't care.

An addendum to the week's news | Charlotte | News | Citizen Servatius

For perspective, the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce ranks CMS as the region's third largest employer with 19,485 employees. That's about the same number Wells Fargo has. It's more than Bank of America employs. And it's more than Duke Energy and US Airways combined. Yet we're supposed to believe that there is no fat in there, not one redundant job or ounce of waste.
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Old 03-20-2010, 01:53 PM
 
Location: The 12th State
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This is so sad! The libraries are such a valuable resource and desperately needed - I'd honestly be willing to pay higher taxes if it meant keeping all the libraries open.
Thats why they did this now to gain approval for tax or bond
referendum this November I will bet either will be on the ballot this
year or I will buy you an ice cream cone.
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Old 03-20-2010, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Thats why they did this now to gain approval for tax or bond
referendum this November I will bet either will be on the ballot this
year or I will buy you an ice cream cone.
You've hit the nail right on the head Sunny. The question then becomes what else will they try to get us to pay for along with the libraries?
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Old 03-20-2010, 04:02 PM
 
Location: Chandler, AZ
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What on earth is a 'whitewater center?????' Sounds like a huge boondoggle to me!

Also, why the heck couldn't NASCAR build their own museum? Why'd the city or county cough up the $$$$$ for this?
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Old 03-20-2010, 04:21 PM
 
Location: State of Being
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The least effective way of addressing this budget shortfall is by talking about SALARIES. Yes, folks would be willing to take some cuts - you can bet they would if it means saving their jobs! But I believe they already went without raises last year (could be wrong but think that may be correct).

The way you cut out money is you go for the duplication, waste and pet projects.

Salary cutting is the lazy manager's way of dealing with BIG ISSUES and reaching for low hanging fruit instead of addressing mismanagement.
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