[StBernard] St. Bernard Parish worst-case scenario 2013 budget paints 150 layoffs, other cuts

[Westley Annis]

>a rededication of the sanitation sales tax 


Which I *think* they want to put toward the general fund.  If that is
correct, they will then want to institute a "fee" for sanitation/garbage for
residents, so what will that have accomplished?




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	St. Bernard Parish worst-case scenario 2013 budget paints 150
layoffs, other
	cuts
	 By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, Staff Writer
	on October 03, 2012 at 11:59 AM, updated October 03, 2012 at 12:04
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	A working, worst-case scenario document, the proposed 2013 budget
introduced
	by the St. Bernard Parish Council on Tuesday evening represents an
overall
	$8.5 million reduction. The bulk of the cuts are in layoffs, with
about 150
	employees potentially on that chopping block.
	
	"In light of the current financial state of St. Bernard Parish
Government,
	significant changes are necessary in order for the 2013 Operating
and
	Capital Budget to be balanced and for SBPG to be sustained going
forward,"
	St. Bernard Parish President Dave Peralta states in the budget's
opening
	letter, addressed to parish councilmen and dated on Tuesday. "While
many of
	the changes discussed herein may seem drastic, we are in the
unfortunate
	position of having no choice but to take drastic action."