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twitterWith revenues falling, city of Henderson likely to see layoffs
City says layoffs, program cuts probable early next year
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 | 2:05 a.m.
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In Henderson, consolidated tax revenues continue to be lower than projected, and the city is likely to implement layoffs and program cuts early next year.
Consolidated tax revenue — sales and other taxes allotted to Henderson by the state — for August were about 23 percent lower than those reported in August 2008. It was the largest month-over-month decrease on record.
In August 2008, Henderson was allotted about $7.2 million in consolidated tax revenue. This year, it received about $5.5 million.
Consolidated taxes make up about 40 percent of the city’s revenue, said Financial Director Steve Hanson. The decrease is significantly more than the 15 percent decline Henderson officials were expecting.
“Every month it comes in materially less than what we’ve projected,” Hanson said. “We’ve gotta be cutting expenses.”
The next round of budget cuts, which should begin in early 2010, could include layoffs and program cuts.
The city already has a three-tier plan to make budget cuts.
The first tier, approved by the council in August, did not involve program or personnel cuts.
The tiered plan is expected to save the city $8.9 million a year for the next five years. But no specific dates have been sent for the second and third round of cuts, as officials wait for new tax revenues to be reported, said Assistant Financial Director Richard Derrick.
In July, consolidated tax revenue fell about 19 percent from the same month the previous year. Consolidated tax revenue is typically distributed on a two-month delay.
The department expects tax revenue declines to level off in February.
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turn off the gas pump and start selling inventory; eliminate expense accounts across the board, cut the city council in half, have all management take a 10% cut in pay, start privatizing city services. problem solved.
YIPPEE! Close the whole place down!
I see the resident idiots have already spoken. While you may not like government, the continued decline in sales is a huge problem for this valley. In this job market no one should be cheering for more people to be out of work. For the simpletons who usually post on this site... That means they may be your competition if you find yourself out of work.
Some residents are still in denial about the current economy and would not listen to any solutions or suggestions. Wake up, if there is not enough revenue, we can not have status quo and we need to look some place to save. We need to remove our blinders and face the problem head on before it gets a lot worse. Like any other city, Henderson can save money by looking at cutting wasteful expenditures by looking closely at all departments.
OK, people, make sure to delay expensive purchases until we see whether Henderson will REALLY stop their profligate ways. They hired more and more people in the good times. Now, not so good times. So will they really lay off the inspectors and plan checkers who have very little to do now? Lay off some of the cops hanging out in their Tahoes at 7-11? How about the firemen I see tooling around town, with little to do. Just taking in the scenery. Nah, it will all be smoke and mirrors. Henderson's dream is to have their own taxing district, instead of relying on the County. We need to keep a sharp eye on these attempts, since their goal is to tax us to death. How'd that $120 large work out for Richard Perkins? Is he going to reimburse the City for doing absolutely nothing during the last session? And the next one, too? How's that foolish Air and Space Museum doing?
You mean all those SPEED TRAPS are not paying off?
We won't spend one penny in that town...NOT ONE PENNY!
dipsick - right about a 10% salary reduction across the board.
unclegig - right about status quo and cutting wasteful expenditures.
nednougat- pretty good observation!
All three and others should look at the salaries for the City Of Henderson.
http://transparentnevada.com/salaries/20...
This sight will reveal the salaries for Clark County and the City of Las Vegas too. Enjoy the information.
What are they waiting for. They know the revenue is down and delays just mean deeper cuts at the later date. You should stop the bleeding as soon as possible before the patients has to go to ICU.
Holy cow info4you2see. Since when did fire department personnel and police captains earn more than Judges? I'm not saying one is better than the other, but a more extensive education is required to sit on the bench. The City of Henderson Director Cultural Arts/Tourism earned $142,143.37 total pay for 2008, for what? Some common sense people need to look at these numbers and get real.
whats with all the fire captains. is the city burning or is every firefighter a captain. can anyone explain how it works?
Sun Staff:
A portion of this story was deleted since it was first posted - it would be nice if that was notated somewhere.
Wow! It's amazing to see how much these Henderson employees get for their pay and benefits. No wonder the City is having problem with their budget, a big chunk is going to the police, firemen, and their management employees. I suggest that you guys check the site that info4u2see posted in his blog.
In Henderson, of course!!!!
That site has information that is just un-F***'ing-real!
A police officer getting 150k+?!?
Yeah, the Henderson employees have good reason to be afraid of a real taxpayer revolt.
Thanks everyone for looking at the truth......please pass the word.
http://transparentnevada.com/salaries/20...
Who would want to work in the private sector with these government salaries? Take a look at the salaries for Clark County and for the City of Las Vegas when you visit this site.
Salary cuts are long over due......
info4you2see: Wish you hadn't shown me that site...DAMN!! People take a look,you can't miss this.
http://transparentnevada.com/salaries/20......
Take a hard look people.........take a hard look
Lots more cuts could be done with little impact to citizens. The cops are always driving around with nothing to do. Meanwhile, Parks & Rec employees run around busting their butts. The City is still very top heavy. Lots of middle management could be reduced.
Ironically, this Sun news article has the City of Las Vegas seeking public input on budget cuts.....see for yourself.....
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov...
One solution would be to have City of Las Vegas employees take a 5% to 10% cut in salary. Here are salaries for the City of Las Vegas.
http://transparentnevada.com/salaries/20...
Also, keep in mind, Clark County is looking for ways to cut it's budgets too....especially to the Clark County School District. Clark County employees need to take a 5% to 10% salary cut........
http://transparentnevada.com/salaries/20...
Citizens should start questioning these local, city and county government salaries.
Clark County and City of Las Vegas salaries in comparison to.....
President Barack Obama: $400,000 a year.
Vice President Joe Biden: $221,100 a year.
Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons: $141,000 a year.
Senator John Ensign: $193,400 a year.
Representative Shelley Berkley: $174,000 a year.
Representative Dean Heller: $174,000 a year.
Source: http://www.legistorm.com/browse_by_state...
Just information for all of you to look at. Thank you.
I want to know how 2 cooks are making over $80,000 a year?
Burritobandit2 - probably more than most cooks in the private sector.
Folks,
when you look at these figures, and I'm not here to argue about what people make; remember that the figures INCLUDE A BENEFITS PACKAGE. If this was to be REALLY transparent, it would show the salary, and then the # that represents the cost of benefits. Your 80,000 cook may make 50-55,000 in salary after many, many years of built up service time, and the rest could be medical/dental/vacation/sick leave, etc.
good.
if the town is shrinking, the government should shrink with it.
the las vegas area is the pamela anderson of cities.
hot and popular for about 15 years, now it's over.
it's time for all of us that want to do more with our lives than be a stripper or deal cards to pack up, and leave town.
info4; good web site. how can henderson justify these salaries? what a sweet deal. if i lived in henderson i would be doing something about this. hello city of henderson: its time to cut the fat out of your salary structure!
You people that are talking about police officers having nothing to do have NO IDEA, and must not have any family members who are officers! Yes, some days there aren't too many calls, but then they are pulling people over and doing reports (REQUIRED). 90% of the time there are so many calls to get to that there is no time to get to pulling over the speeders and some people have to wait quite a while before an officer can get to their call because of the mass back up. There is a shortage of officers in this city believe it or not. And as for the pay....look who is making that amount of money... NOT the everyday patrol officer people. We're barely making it and are very frugal! And btw- Henderson is a GREAT place to live. Everywhere has problems right now and yes, things are going to get cut, but quit with the badmouthing Henderson. Gees
All I hear from ewsoup is WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.