The City of Chicago will basically be closed for business on Aug. 17, a reduced-service day in which most city employees are off without pay --- damn!!!
it should've been Washington, DC On Aug 16, 9:39 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > <http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Chicago.city.closed.2.1129409.html#> > > Yahoo! Buzz > <http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?publisherurn=cbs_2_chicago816&guid=http%25...> > Digg > <http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3a%2f%2fcbs2chicago.com%2floc...> > Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3a%2f%2fcbs2chicago.com%2flo...> > Stumble It! > <http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3a%2f%2fcbs2chicago.com%2f...> > Delicious del.icio.us <http://delicious.com/save> > Fark > <http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/farkit.pl?u=http%3a%2f%2fcbs2chicago.com...> > Aug 14, 2009 6:59 pm US/Central > > City Government Closed For Business On Monday > > CHICAGO (STN) If you planned to check out a library book, visit a city > clinic or have your garbage picked up on Monday, you're out of luck. > > The City of Chicago will basically be closed for business on Aug. 17, a > reduced-service day in which most city employees are off without pay, > according to a release from the Office of Budget and Management. City > Hall, public libraries, health clinics and most city offices will be > closed. > > Emergency service providers including police, firefighters and > paramedics will be working at full strength, but most services not > directly related to public safety, including street sweeping, will not > be provided, the release said. > > That also includes garbage pickup. Residents who receive regular > collection on Mondays should expect trash to be picked up the following > day, the release said. Some other customers may experience a one-day > delay as collectors catch up. > > As part of the 2009 budget, three reduced-service days were planned for > 2009, days which are unpaid for all affected employees -- the Friday > after Thanksgiving; Christmas Eve; and New Year's Eve. The City Council > recently approved moving the reduced-service day planned for New Year's > Eve to Monday. > > The 2009 budget anticipates saving $8.3 million due to the > reduced-service days. > > In addition to reduced service days, all non-union employees were asked > to take a series of furlough days and unpaid holidays, and most > non-sworn union employees agreed to similar unpaid time off. > > "Every dollar we save from these measures helps to save jobs, and in the > long-term, maintain services for Chicagoans," Mayor Daley said in the > release. "This plan relies on most of our civilian employees to be part > of the solution to our very serious budget challenges. I want to thank > them again for their sacrifice." > > (Source: Sun-Times News Group Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights > Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or > redistributed.) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
