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Article: New sewerage district budget cuts jobs and spending Some positions already are vacant; 1998 service fees to remain stable
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 1, 1997
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The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District would eliminate 50
jobs and cut spending by $2 million next year, under a proposed
$72.9 million operating and maintenance budget for 1998.
Most of the jobs to be cut are at the Jones Island and South Shore
sewage treatment plants and engineering services.
Some of the positions already are vacant and the sewerage district
expects to avoid layoffs by transferring employees to other jobs,
officials said.
MMSD would collect a total of $51.5 million in residential and
commercial user charges the same amount as this year to help pay
for operating its sewage plants and regional collection system in
1998, according to budget documents.
The average ...