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Mayor Shari Buck on her efforts to hold off a bankruptcy filing for the Nevada town.
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So the woman trying to avoid hurt down becoming another stock down.
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-- show every about a mayor what's the latest first in -- finds out.
You know we've balanced our budget for this year we're moving forward looking forward to a great future.
Unfortunately this past week we have sent out a 125.
-- let's.
Getting ready for layoffs July 1 and and we're moving forward doing everything we can to us live within our means balance our budget and and do things right you know.
-- love and union leaders in your -- that city -- saying you're just seeing him up and using this emergency as an excuse.
Susan you know abrogate their contracts and and and and really step into the wall what he's.
You know in our city.
Employees are employees are very well compensated to the average firefighter across the nation makes 42000.
In our city they make eighty.
Police officers pretty close to the same salary so.
Benefits and salaries are just unsustainable.
We've asked for concessions the past couple of years we've been in this recession.
Along with everybody else in this nation for three to four years.
They have not -- to the table this year to offer concessions.
And by the way we've ended in what we've been asking -- just stay where they art jobs.
I'd take a salary.
Give up your cost of living raises give up your uniform allowance and for how long would that -- -- or how long would have been.
We asked for two years about concession they were not willing to do that they want their salary increases but -- -- at it let's say they don't have.
Cat alone OK you don't get a hundred that you have an emergency are -- -- the next step would be a bankruptcy.
No in the state of Nevada you cannot declare bankruptcy.
So what we have done has to ask to look at this state -- there is a provision for declaring a disaster.
That's the direction we've gone.
We are asking the courts.
To let us.
Take these -- -- -- increases.
The uniform allowances to spend suspended those portions of the contract -- it will will be watching closely -- thank you very much.
Thank you.
