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Camden County Revamps Cost-Cutting Plan
As part of its ongoing effort to increase cost savings in preparing the 2010 budget and anticipating an even tougher year in 2011, the Camden County Board of Freeholders has announced a change in its earlier furlough plan. The new plan will keep County offices open more days and save taxpayers twice as much money. This has been accomplished by instituting a second straight year of wage freezes for the majority of the County’s workforce and furloughing 750 employees without pay for 4 days.
The new plan will save taxpayers $200,000 in overtime and produce $2.65 million in payroll savings which is more than double the amount of the original furlough plan.
As importantly, the wage freeze will produce $1.9 million in annual payroll savings beginning in 2011.
“We will continue to look at best practices and consolidation in order to cut the cost and size of government, as we have promised to do in our Transformation Initiative and other programs,” said Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. “In each of the past three years, we have cut the amount of money taxpayers pay for county government. Since 2004, we have downsized the workforce by over 600 employees without impacting services to residents.”
In these tough economic times, we need to embrace the best strategies and tactics to protect taxpayers.
“While our plan demands sacrifice from our workforce and from elected officials, who will also lose pay, we believe that this is the fairest solution to the budget crisis,” Deputy Freeholder Director Ed McDonnell.
The new plan will save taxpayers $200,000 in overtime and produce $2.65 million in payroll savings which is more than double the amount of the original furlough plan.
As importantly, the wage freeze will produce $1.9 million in annual payroll savings beginning in 2011.
“We will continue to look at best practices and consolidation in order to cut the cost and size of government, as we have promised to do in our Transformation Initiative and other programs,” said Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. “In each of the past three years, we have cut the amount of money taxpayers pay for county government. Since 2004, we have downsized the workforce by over 600 employees without impacting services to residents.”
In these tough economic times, we need to embrace the best strategies and tactics to protect taxpayers.
“While our plan demands sacrifice from our workforce and from elected officials, who will also lose pay, we believe that this is the fairest solution to the budget crisis,” Deputy Freeholder Director Ed McDonnell.