Shut those schools. Fire those cops. Time for the taxpayers to pony up for a new arena.
http://www.employmentspectator.com/2010/05/las-vegas-city-cuts-worse-than-anticipated/Las Vegas City Cuts Worse than Anticipated
Thu, May 6, 2010
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman announced during a press conference this Thursday that the city will experience many more layoffs than initially anticipated.
“I understand that (the layoffs) are substantial,” said Goodman. “At least twice (the number) we were talking about.”
The Las Vegas fiscal budget is $120 million short for the next two years, and the city had previously announced 146 expected layoffs. With the new announcement, that number can be expected to approach 300.
At this point no deals with city unions have been reached, although several deals are on the table. Such agreements will need to be approved by the city council before being able to go into effect.
And things aren't any better in the schools ...
http://www.examiner.com/x-42119-Las-Vegas-K12-Examiner~y2010m4d8-Layoffs-loom-in-the-future-for-Clark-County-School-District-employeesLayoffs loom in the future for Clark County School District employees
April 8, 12:48 PMLas Vegas K-12 ExaminerStephanie Matyszczyk
Up to 1,000 CCSD employees may face layoffs as the School Board tries to balance the budget.
Clark County school trustees are poised to lay off more than 1,000 employees, 540 of whom are teachers, by July 1 unless the Clark County School District can find another way to close a big budget shortfall.
Board approved a tentative spending plan late yesterday afternoon that aims to close most of a $140 million budget gap left by reduced state funding and declining property tax revenues. The final balanced budget does not need to be submitted by the Board t o the state until June 8.
While district administrators say classroom and administrative positions are on the block, the specifics haven't been made public. Officials say they hope the district's four employee unions will come to an agreement on concessions including salary reductions and furlough days to reduce the number of layoffs.
The CCSD School Board will meet again today to revisit the option of converting more year round schools to a nine month calendar, an option which could save up to $18 million for the district.