Thursday, September 16, 2010

Proposal to eliminate overtime doesn't sit well with Boone County - WREX.com – Rockford’s News Leader

Someone must have called to get the TV cameras at a mere budget hearing. The camera rolled for over an hour.  Was this staged?

Boone County has two and a half months to pass a budget that plugs a $1.6 million hole. Every expense is now under a microscope. That includes whether the sheriff's department really needs overtime.

Sheriff Duane Wirth and Lieutenant Phil Bue defended OT pretty passionately at a meeting with Boone County Board members. They call a proposal to eliminate it impossible

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