Massachusetts city limits overtime despite surplus of funds
A dispute about overtime is brewing between the emergency medical services division and the mayor's office of Fall River, Massachusetts, according to the Herald News.
The city's downtown ambulance has been shut down for 33 shifts since late January, in spite of the fact that the division is generating a surplus of $409,611 in its self-funded account for fiscal year 2011. According to officials, if more than one overtime shift is required in order to run an ambulance, the shift is canceled.
"We need to ensure that at the end of the year we have enough money to be in the black," City Administrator Shawn Cadime told the news source. "There’s a new sense of urgency in these enterprise funds to try to build up some cash reserves for a rainy day. It’s not just EMS that was told to hold overtime. Every enterprise was told to do that."
According to WGAL News 8, the city council of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is also refusing to cover overtime requests - this time for firemen. The council denied the fire department's request for $1 million, although it did approve over $60,000 for the next five pay periods.
The city's downtown ambulance has been shut down for 33 shifts since late January, in spite of the fact that the division is generating a surplus of $409,611 in its self-funded account for fiscal year 2011. According to officials, if more than one overtime shift is required in order to run an ambulance, the shift is canceled.
"We need to ensure that at the end of the year we have enough money to be in the black," City Administrator Shawn Cadime told the news source. "There’s a new sense of urgency in these enterprise funds to try to build up some cash reserves for a rainy day. It’s not just EMS that was told to hold overtime. Every enterprise was told to do that."
According to WGAL News 8, the city council of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is also refusing to cover overtime requests - this time for firemen. The council denied the fire department's request for $1 million, although it did approve over $60,000 for the next five pay periods.
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