The city of Bainbridge Island’s Department of Planning and Community Development plans to reduce customer service hours next year.
Aimed at giving planning staff more time to work on development permit applications, the reductions will cut eight hours per week of counter service, the city announced on Wednesday.
It’s official. City Hall will lock its doors an extra 10 days
next year. The cost savings, according to the city, means fewer
employees will be dragged on to the chopping block.
The story’s below.
City employees voted Tuesday night to accept a plan to close City Hall 10 extra days next year.
The unpaid furlough proposal developed by the city administration and endorsed by the City Council as a cost-cutting measure to help avoid layoffs.
The furlough will shut down City Hall for 10 nonconsecutive days in 2009.
The Bainbridge Island Police Department will not be affected by the furlough.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the union representing most city staff, approved the furlough by a vote of 77 percent, according to the city. Almost 80 union members participated in the decision, which required a participation minimum of 30 percent.
The city of Bainbridge Island’s Department of Planning and Community Development plans to reduce customer service hours next year.
Aimed at giving planning staff more time to work on development permit applications, the reductions will cut eight hours per week of counter service, the city announced on Wednesday.
Counter service is currently provided Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Beginning in January, the counter will close at noon on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Well, I guess I need to check BITV more often.
I just ran into the station’s B News Thanksgiving special. It’s a combination of cooking show and tour of local farms all pulled under the theme of how to craft a gourmet feast using only Bainbridge-grown ingredients.
Lots of familiar faces and foods make their way onto the screen: Betsey Wittick and her garlic, Gerard Bentryn and his wine, and Max from Tani Creek Farm dropping off some of his heirloom greens.
IslandWood chef Jeff White cooks it all up before the cameras.
Much of the food is still available, even during these seemingly lifeless winter days, so the show is worth a watch, especially if you need help dreaming up a Christmas spread.
See the show online here. An archive of B News shows can be found here.
And check out the Bainbridge Farmers Market, which lasts until Dec. 20, here.
