Park and Recreation employees are not unionized employees except for the labor and trades positions, and these are not highly paid positions. All Parks and Recreation employees receive base pay and standard benefits only. Like all city employees they have been furloughed now for the second year, pay higher benefits costs with greater out-of-pocket outlay, and do work of others who have been laid-off or who have retired and not been replaced. They are citizens like you facing the same economic stressors at work and at home. The department is run efficiently like a business, but unlike a business, they are not flush with operating funds, higher salaries and bonuses base upon profits during the good times. Stop bashing city workers; most are hard-working,active, productive citizens just like you facing the same economic challenges.
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