CITY OF HOMER
Wythe
A RESOLUTION OF THE HOMER CITY COUNCIL INSTITUTING A HIRING FREEZE FOR NEW CITY POSITIONS, A TEMPORARY FREEZE ON FILLING VACANT POSITIONS, AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT A RESTRUCTURING PLAN.
WHEREAS, the Homer City Council has been working on developing an Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2005 for the past two months, and
WHEREAS, during the course of these deliberations the Council has found that there is a significant shortage of revenue available to provide for basic public services and make adequate transfers to reserve accounts, and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is prudent and fiscally responsible to take immediate steps to reduce expenditures, including, but not limited to, placing limitations on the size and growth of the city work force, and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is responsible for initiating and implementing personnel policies and the staffing structure, and
WHEREAS, the City Council is responsible for approving the overall budget and wishes to assist the Manager in accomplishing its goals with respect to the size and cost of the workforce.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Homer City Council hereby adopts the following policy and directive:
PASSED AND ADOPTED by a duly constituted quorum of the Homer City Council this 13th day of December, 2005.