Another Crock from Brock

[shinblind]

At the end of the last city council meeting interim city manager Steve Brock tried to take X to task for the data he used on the salaries of city managers between Hudsonville and Ludington. While X doesn't need me to offer a rebuttal, once again I cannot tolerate Brock's misinformation.

I would suggest to interim city manager Brock that if he wishes to compare the salaries of city managers from various cities that rather than piss away what was it $28,000 on a biased and incomplete report, that instead he should have used one that focuses on the demographics between the municipalities.

Using his examples between Ludington and Hudsonville:

Median Family Income          $36,333          $55,372

% below Poverty line             16.3%             04.6%

Unfunded City Pensions         $7,026,811    $636,495

Debt per capita                     $1,567          $718

Long Term Debt                    $12,633,281   $5,260,000

So Steve Brock can you honestly tell me which city can afford a more expensive city manager?

From the demographics we cannot afford a city manager at $110,000, realistically we can not afford one above $60,000.

Oh and Hudsonville makes due with a population about 700 less than Ludington.

And one more thing Stevie, the long term debt doesn't reflect the full cost of the Water Treatment Plant not any costs of the Waste Water Treatment Plant upgrades. Nor does it project the $100,000,000 +++ upgrades to the city school system.

[Freedom Seeker]

Thanks for the 8 ball link.   Still fun to play after all these years.