MargateNews.net - http://margatenews.net/margatenews/ Original Article URL: http://margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article115.asp Tough Budget Year for Margate • Good news: no jobs lost By Mitchell Pellecchia, Staff Writer Thursday, June 25, 2009 Similar to cities across South Florida, city officials in Margate will have their hands full making ends meet in the 2009-2010 budget year. There are overtime issues to deal with, longevity bonuses, salaries and diminished funding from the County for Margate’s inner city transit. Last year, Margate budgeted more than $293,000 in overtime, excluding Police and Fire Departments. More than half of overtime dollars budgeted was for wastewater treatment, a direct result from numerous vacant, hard-to-fill positions. On Saturday June 27th at 10 a.m., Margate City Manager, Frank Porcella, will be conducting a workshop for the public to provide input about the upcoming 2009-2010 budget and to learn how the city programs and services are administered. The workshop will be held at the Northwest Focal Point Senior Center 6009 NW 10th Street (next to Margate Library across the street from the Margate Municipal Complex). According to Margate City Commissioner, Pam Donovan, there will be no pay increases for city employees this year, as it is the only way to avoid layoffs. The city has found a new company to run Margate Inner City Transit at a significant savings to the city and with no cuts in service. Should the city choose to do business with this company, no transit jobs will be lost. __________________________________________ Get MargateNews.net on your desktop, laptop or mobile Internet with customizable RSS (Real Simple Syndication) Feeds. Receive all the news, or just some of it, as soon as it’s published! Sign up now. Access the wireless version of this website by visiting http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/wireless with your WAP (Wireless Access Protocol) Internet-enabled wireless device.