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Dayton could avoid some planned layoffs

Dayton City Manager, Tim Riordon, left and Deputy City Manager, Stanley Earley listen to the Director of the Office of Budget and Management Barb LaBrier deliver the 2010 Dayton budget overview Wednesday afternoon during a city commission work session.

Staff photo by Jim Noelker Dayton City Manager, Tim Riordon, left and Deputy City Manager, Stanley Earley listen to the Director of the Office of Budget and Management Barb LaBrier deliver the 2010 Dayton budget overview Wednesday afternoon during a city commission work session.

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By Joanne Huist Smith, Staff Writer 2:26 PM Sunday, January 24, 2010

DAYTON — Reducing seasonal hiring and rearranging the workflow in several key departments will save about 44 city of Dayton employees from a mid-year layoff.

In November, city leaders announced 66 employees would lose their jobs due to declining revenue with an additional 46 unfilled positions also being eliminated. The 2010 budget that goes before the City Commission for a first reading on Feb. 17, abolishes 22 filled positions and 63 vacant ones.

“It wasn’t as brutal as it could have been because of the cooperation between management and labor,” Deputy City Manager Stanley Earley said. “I think we have become very good at managing difficult times.”

The city’s general fund revenue for 2010, estimated at $153 million, reflects a 8.4 percent drop over 2009 income. That drop follows a tumultuous 2009 that required the city to dip into its cash reserve or rainy day fund for about $1.8 million to balance its books.

“I think it easily has been a decade since we’ve had to do that,” Earley said.

The city’s policy is to keep a minimum of six weeks of operating money in the cash reserve fund. Earley said the city didn’t break the policy, but rather adjusted the required cash reserve amount downward taking into account reduced operating expenses.

“I believe we’re still inside our policy,” Earley said.

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