Snows Falls, Budgets Fall Apart
Updated 2:36 PM EST, Tue, Jan 6, 2009
Winter has just begun and Norwich has almost maxed its winter storm budget.
"We've spent approximately 56 percent of our overtime budget," Joseph Loyacano, Norwich’s director of public works, said.
As of Jan. 6, the Norwich Department of Public Works crews had been called in to work overtime nine times. Most of the costs came from Connecticut's second bout of winter storms.
The Dec. 19 storm alone was responsible for 700 overtime hours. Then there were the storms on Dec. 21 and 22, bringing the total overture amount to more than 1,300 hours.
Norwich isn't the only city dealing with the winter budget crunch. Bridgeport seems to be in an even bigger hole.
"Bridgeport is a couple of blizzards away from bankruptcy," Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch said.
It looks like more snow is coming our way. Keep up on the forecast here.
First Published: Jan 6, 2009 2:28 PM EST
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