
Ona Brouse
20:49 - 21:26
"This is, you know, the first year that we have had the rolling confirmation that the overtime allocations are not right. And so going in there and making them correct based on, one, the actual labor cost that these departments are experiencing, but two, The, um, the, the sort of more, uh, useful is to understand what those hours are that they use on a recurring basis for overtime."
“This is, you know, the first year that we have had the rolling confirmation that the overtime allocations are not right. And so going in there and making them correct based on, one, the actual labor cost that these departments are experiencing, but two, The, um, the, the sort of more, uh, useful is to understand what those hours are that they use on a recurring basis for overtime.”
If the departments notify us that their overtime needs to be adjusted, we make that part of the budget process. If we recognize it, then we make it part. This is, you know, the first year that we have had the rolling confirmation that the overtime allocations are not right. And so going in there and making them correct based on, one, the actual labor cost that these departments are experiencing, but two, The, um, the, the sort of more, uh, useful is to understand what those hours are that they use on a recurring basis for overtime. Are they cyclical?
The Anchorage Police and Fire departments are running well over their approved overtime budgets, and OMB Director Ona Brouse told the Assembly Budget and Finance Committee on Thursday that overtime allocations have not been updated in at least four years, with the continuation-budget baseline tracing to roughly 2010.
