Comments on: Eye on Sedona with Assistant City Manager Osburn

By: Throw them out

Throw them out — Sun, 27 May 2018 23:09:20 +0000

City payroll is too high, I think we could eliminate all in the city managers office and probably half the staff.

It’s time for all new city council, all new city management and NO ON HOME RULE.

If everyone tells 10 people they know about Sedona Eye, and No on home rule, we can change this.

By: jj

jj — Tue, 15 May 2018 01:47:44 +0000

@Segner keep telling yourself the city hires the best. This town is the most severely mismanaged town ever. One more economic downturn will ruin this one horse town and the looters will run out of town so fast they will take you with them. The real stakeholders and property owners will be left holding the bag. But you will find another town to loot and ruin.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 14 May 2018 21:43:34 +0000

By those numbers in the posts by Tony Tonsich, it looks like a lot of people working for the city to me.

Cathy, Nepenthe says ” I never see very many.” That tells you how many are really needed.

By: Funny @ Karen

Funny @ Karen — Mon, 14 May 2018 20:15:29 +0000

This is hysterical. Oh sure I am buying that one. Volunteers came up with making the chamber part of city managers office and increased every department across the board.

I bet they also planned for the police to ticket 3 times the amount next year in order for you to make more money.More tickets more money. Did they also come up with doubling the expenses for city council so we can pay for their lunches and travel?

Yep I believe you Hahahahahaha OMG!!!

By: F.Y.I.

F.Y.I. — Mon, 14 May 2018 18:55:57 +0000

F.Y.I., we do not have the best people money can buy to manage City government.

According to the NATIONAL CITIZEN SURVEY SEDONA, AZ COMMUNITY LIVABILITY REPORT 2017, several GOVERNANCE ratings [5 out of 9] lagged behind the national average (Page 5).

Lower than national benchmark:

Overall direction- 31%; Confidence in City government – 35%; Acting in the best interest of Sedona – 34%; Being honest – 40%; Treating all residents fairly – 42%.

From FIGURE 10: Support for Growth Industries (Page 13):

TOURISM (i.e., hotels, restaurants)
Strongly support – 18%
Somewhat support – 25%
Somewhat oppose – 24%
Strongly oppose – 33%

Link: http://www.sedonaaz.gov/home/showdocument?id=33716

By: Tony Tonsich

Tony Tonsich — Mon, 14 May 2018 18:11:01 +0000

On my post above it is not a complete list of city employees. It also does not include any employee benefits, just salaries.

There are also

3 employees in the city clerks office
12 in Court
5 in Legal
5 in IT
2 in human resources.

I think you didn’t see them around much because they are in meetings or enjoying their 2 weeks paid leave and two weeks paid vacation, or comp time, or travel, etc etc.

I won’t mention the police. I plan on leaving staffing there alone.

By: steve Segner

steve Segner — Mon, 14 May 2018 18:06:03 +0000

JJ says:and Tony.
May 13, 2018 at 6:47 pm
Why do we need an assistant city manager or an assistant to an assistant city manager in this small little town?

Only in your mind, Sedona is not a small hick town, we have $40,000,000 budget and we need the best people money can buy to manage Sedona.
Big town, small town, med size town the job is the same and pay should be enough to get and keep the best.

By: Tony Tonsich

Tony Tonsich — Mon, 14 May 2018 16:25:32 +0000

City Manager $164,999.90
Assistant city manager $133,108.18
Bus Development Dir $94,230.68
5 other city manager office staff

Community Dev Director $117,929.72
15 other community Development staff, making making $39,457 to $74,723

Finance Director $120,512.24
10 other people shown on the 2016-2017 Finance payroll

Parks and Rec Director $74,923.40
43 other people shown on the 2015-2017 Parks are rec payroll, many appear part time.

Public works Dir $106,889.90
32 other people on Public works payroll, some appear part time 3 besides the director make over $70,000

Wast water Dir $106,262.5
13 other people on the wastewater payroll.

These are all 2016-2017 numbers, from the last full payroll year. I’m sure they make more now.

By: Cathy, Nepenthe

Cathy, Nepenthe — Mon, 14 May 2018 15:13:31 +0000

What are the salaries at city hall and how many people work there? I never see very many. You have to have people working to keep the city running.

By: Pigs in charge

Pigs in charge — Mon, 14 May 2018 14:18:50 +0000

You know, you cant really blame Karen Osburn. It’s as if you put a pig in charge of the apple storage, left with no supervision and came back to find all the apples eaten, would you blame the pig? The pig would say, I gave you an accounting, the other pigs supervised.

You residents left the pigs in charge, you were shocked, shocked when they acted like pigs. You can write here on the Sedona Eye, but you did not run for office. You were too busy, or did not want your finances to be public. Your wife said you would spend too much time in meetings. You did not want the stress. You thought other people would donate to the candidates.

The Sedona you knew and loved is about gone, this election will either seal the deal or slow it a bit. Pigs did what pigs do. You may have written about it, you may have just read, but other than words, you did nothing to stop them.

You let the pigs run wild. Sedona is now over run with pigs. You are surprised that they act like pigs?

Look in the mirror, it’s your fault.