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Austin city employees racked up a massive $143 million in overtime pay last year. That's a huge chunk of change that could have gone to other city services.
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Declining — being discussed less frequently. 0 mentions in the last 30 days, 2 the 60 before.
Your tax dollars are footing the bill for a massive overtime payout to city workers.
City employees who worked overtime definitely got a nice payday.
Taxpayers are footing the bill for this overtime, meaning less money for other city needs.
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Austin police, fire and EMS departments will begin posting monthly reports on sworn overtime and leave use as the city works toward launching automated public dashboards by 2027.