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Working overtime

As budgets climb, many try to keep extra spending in check

December 17, 2007

When it comes to watching overtime costs, it appears most municipalities are doing just that. It also appears the lower the overall budget, the less likely overtime costs are spent. Out of the 22 municipalities in the OBSERVER's circulation area, 18 responded to a Freedom of Information request, seeking the municipality's total budget costs and total overtime cost spent in the last budget year. Of those 18 municipalities, there was a total of $57,761,655 spent. Of that amount, $1,051,391 went to overtime costs, which equals 1.8 percent of the total budgets. The lowest amount of overtime costs was by the village of Perrysburg, which had no overtime costs and also had the lowest overall budget of $272,812. The second-lowest overtime costs was by the village of Cassadaga, which spent $300 on overtime costs. Mayor Mary Jo Carlson said the $300 equaled 20 hours of overtime paid to a village utility worker.

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Brocton, Forestville do not give full picture

December 17, 2007

While most municipalities show overtime costs are under control, there are some that do not give the complete picture.

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A closer look at the numbers

December 17, 2007

Here is a look at 2006 spending for municipalities. The first number is the total budget, the next number is the overtime spending and the third is percentage of budget the overtime made up: " Arkwright - $591,591; $4,691; 0.

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