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County blames Hamilton for lost jobs
The Butler County Department of Environmental Services announced the cut of 22 1/2 positions on Thursday, May 15. You can read Dave Greber’s blog about it.
The reason it also ends up here on the city blog is that the department suggests one of the key culprits for the cut is the city of Hamilton Water Department.
In an address to the county commissioners, the department’s Director Sue Vance said “We’ve exhausted all efforts to negotiate with the city of Hamilton to lower our costs of purchased water to no avail. We’ve therefore had some very difficult decisions to make, particularly as they involve our employees and jobs.”
Josh Sweigart will have more on the issue Friday, but do you agree with Vance? Are the city’s water rates too high or is the county department just looking for a scapegoat?
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By null
May 17, 2008 7:47 AM | Link to this
What does the city think will happen when the contract expires in 13 years? What will they have to do when the county buys all water from Cincinnati? It will have to raise rates even more and Hamilton residents will have to pay for it. Maybe they should think about long term financial issues. Where is the revenue applied that they make from the county now? What are their salaries? Are they putting it back into the system or is it funneled to other areas by the council?