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City Ordered To Pay Millions To Firefighters -- Now
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Apr 05, 2005 01:23pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Apr 05, 2005 01:00pm |
| Description | NEW ORLEANS -- A state district judge's order that the city of New Orleans pay firefighters more than $100 million in back pay and an additional $9 million to $12 million in future wages and benefits could end up costing city workers their jobs.
If paid all at once, Chief Administrative Office Charles Rice said the total would amount to about one-third of the city's annual budget. Such a hit could force layoffs of up to 20 percent of the city's work force -- or as many as 1,000 employees, including 200 of the city's 700 firefighters.
But Rice said the money won't be paid right away. He said there's some question in state law over whether a judge can tell a governmental body how to craft its annual spending budget. He said the city would take up to 30 days to file legal motions on that matter.
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