Liveblogging City Council: where does it go?

80% of operational budget goes to police, fire, and DPW

Can I just mention here that capitalizing every significant word is giving an odd, 18th century quality to the Manager's PowerPoint presentation?

308 positions lost:
208 layoff or vacant
80 positions eliminated through early retirement
20 additional positions frozen

99 layoffs effective today

24 WPD layoffs AVERTED through the Byrne grant/COPS grant
54 vacancies frozen and eliminated
80 early retirements
20 future vacancies