In recent post in The Hamiltonian, Member of Parliament Bob Bratina, posted his views on how much it should cost to run the office of the Mayor. Bratina argues that it could be run effectively for much less that a million dollars a year. His full comment is:
In Hamilton the Mayor’s office budget for 2018 is $1,119,780. Mayor Bonnie Crombie’s office budget is $962,000, up $388,000 since Hazel McCallion left. I had copied Hazel’s approach which was four staffers, and spending at just over $1 dollar per population. Mayor Crombie apparently added two more staffers to bring it up to six. Brampton Mayor Linda Jeffrey had been criticized for her $846,000 office budget, which included the same number of staffers as Crombie's.
In all, over four years I saved over $1 million dollars on my budget, and achieved a new stadium and GO Train station with no increase for those projects to the residential tax base. The mayor's office could easily be run effectively in Hamilton for much less than a million dollars a year.
We have reached out to Mayor Eisenberger for comment and will publish his comments if he responds.
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
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ReplyDeleteRimshot
Bob I think you should run for Mayor again. I voted for you last time. Good people get chewed up at the hall and on some news outlets.
ReplyDeleteJust sayin
Better still, save millions by right-sizing council. Mississauga runs effectively with 11 councillors, each serving roughly 65,000 constituents. Apply that ratio to Hamilton and you'd have 8 wards (5 urban, 3 suburban) and a savings of around $2.5 million a term from council salaries alone.
ReplyDeleteNougat
It'll be the billion dollar question that is Fred's undoing.
ReplyDeleteThank-you Dougie, the voice of reason.
orangemike
As mayor, you were also the first to be censured. Please add that to your next entry on the BoBlog.
ReplyDeleteSunny Ways / PET fanclub president