Fire Chief Mike Cranson Discusses Results of Operational Audit on PTW
Portsmouth Fire Chief Mike Cranson discusses the results of the recently concluded operational audit of his department with host Jeff Richard on the 1 February 2013 edition of Portsmouth this Week, the "Voice of Portsmouth Town Hall."
Portsmouth this Week is a weekly public service television program started by Town
Administrator, John Klimm. It airs on Public television (Cox channel 18) on
Wednesday evenings at 7:30 PM. It can also be seen by clicking on the video box
above or from links on the Portsmouth Town website www.portsmouthri.com
and the Portsmouth Economic development Committee website www.portsmouthriedc.com
a resident with a watchful eye
11:51 am on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Just finished watching and it is informative but I just wish the host didn't do so much window dressing when it was obvious the discussion, as always, would lead to a public employees salary and benefits and, as always, suggest that both are too high. Overtime, while costly, is still cheaper than hiring more staff with additional benefits and retirement. Again, it's a case of people quietly inferring that the firefighter makes too much money. you need to follow the curve and when the OT meets a certain level that means the workload has reached a level that requires more staff. It's also bothersome that often times it is residents that are on federal pensions, collecting a retirement that is greater than the actual salary they were making when working, who continually criticize a town employees' salary benefits when they retire at 50% of salary......
getreal
9:59 am on Friday, February 8, 2013
What do you expect, he owes his allegiance to Klimm and the PCC that started this dog and pony show. Agenda, agenda,agenda......