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funds about seven or eight years ago." said Shephard. Between 2000 and 2005, the city spent all of their reserves, about $750,000 of the general daily operations of the city. When I came on board, we had no money in investments and it Job Title MEDICAL was a struggle paying the bills." ASSISTANT Shephard said that the city laid-off workintexas.com Posting ID 33 percent of the workforce. The 8374359 Location Sherman city went through every dime Posting Close Date 07/30/2015 cutting expenditures. They cut Posting Link http://bit.ly/1NzlR8j electric cost and phones. a
"We were, of course, forced to raise property taxes and utilities in City Administrator Joe Shephard order to pay the bills and now we've got to where we're doing to be mindful of as council that." said Shephard. "Now we've members is that if our department finally got to the point where we're heads say that they need this and starting to put a little money back." we don't have hard solid evidence that they don't, then we don't have Stanley said the city was bleeding the right to argue with them." said over $250,000 per year before French. "If it's fiscally responsible Shephard came on board. After to get one, then we need to build four years of freezes on salaries for our material fleet." employees and fighting through the tightest of budgets, the city has Last year, the city bought a 4-wheel nearly replaced the 33 percent (six drive pickup. Other than that and a employees) that was laid off. mower, those are the only pieces of equipment the city has purchased in "This has been thought out." said five years. Stanley. "When we go talking about getting track hoes and Haigis stated that he didn't want putting on people from part-time to this purchase to take away from a full-time, there has been a lot of budget for street repair. "Just like thought put in to it." every city around here, we're probably in better shape than some Shephard said that the budget as far as the streets go, but we've approval means that three of the got some that really need some six positions that were laid off will repair and that's going to be very now be replaced and one position costly." would be created. The utility department is still three short of Mayor Stanley asked Shephard to before the layoffs. give the new Council Member Foster a history of where the city The new budget also allows for a has been financially in the past 10 four percent increase in salaries years. across the board for city employees. "Without blaming anyone, there continued on Page #12 was some mismanagemet of the
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Description A local healthcare provider is looking for a MEDICAL ASSISTANT who will take vitals, enter data, answer phones, call in prescriptions, and other related duties.
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