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The next round of cuts have started at Ottawa City Hall.
City manager Steve Kanellakos told council in an email just before 9 a.m. Wednesday that notifications have started on the “final step of the organizational realignment.” He asked council not to comment to reporters out of respect for the staff who are losing their jobs.
Kanellakos offered a statement politicians can give reporters: “Changes are being implemented at the city. The city is working closely with the unions and will respect all collective agreements. Information will be shared with the public once staff have been informed of the changes. Comment about specific changes and personnel will not be provided at this time.”
The full scope of the cuts won’t be known until they are complete.
Kanellakos recently told the Citizen that the next round of cuts would have some impact on unionized positions. He wouldn’t comment on numbers, or the persistent rumours that as many as 200 positions could be affected.
The city is keen on maintaining the level of frontline services, so any reductions to the workforce are expected to come in jobs that are internal to city operations. Business support positions and managerial roles are expected to be the main targets.
The cuts will help save the city money in the 2017 budget and keep council’s goal of capping property taxes at two per cent.
Kanellakos shuffled his senior management team over the summer and told the bosses to find savings in their departments. The current round of cuts has been anticipated for several months as council nears the 2017 budget process.
“It’s not a good feeling, it’s not a good day,” Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans said. “A lot of people have committed their lives to the City of Ottawa and are leaving the corporation, and obviously that impacts their families as well, so nobody feels good about a day like today.”
– with files from Matthew Pearson
jwilling@postmedia.com
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City manager Steve Kanellakos told council in an email just before 9 a.m. Wednesday that notifications have started on the “final step of the organizational realignment.” He asked council not to comment to reporters out of respect for the staff who are losing their jobs.
Kanellakos offered a statement politicians can give reporters: “Changes are being implemented at the city. The city is working closely with the unions and will respect all collective agreements. Information will be shared with the public once staff have been informed of the changes. Comment about specific changes and personnel will not be provided at this time.”
The full scope of the cuts won’t be known until they are complete.
Kanellakos recently told the Citizen that the next round of cuts would have some impact on unionized positions. He wouldn’t comment on numbers, or the persistent rumours that as many as 200 positions could be affected.
The city is keen on maintaining the level of frontline services, so any reductions to the workforce are expected to come in jobs that are internal to city operations. Business support positions and managerial roles are expected to be the main targets.
The cuts will help save the city money in the 2017 budget and keep council’s goal of capping property taxes at two per cent.
Kanellakos shuffled his senior management team over the summer and told the bosses to find savings in their departments. The current round of cuts has been anticipated for several months as council nears the 2017 budget process.
“It’s not a good feeling, it’s not a good day,” Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans said. “A lot of people have committed their lives to the City of Ottawa and are leaving the corporation, and obviously that impacts their families as well, so nobody feels good about a day like today.”
– with files from Matthew Pearson
jwilling@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JonathanWilling
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