Thomas Christie Quotes (4 Quotes)

Id like to commend the commission for envisioning a metro jail. It makes sense. Unfortunately for every municipality here, its all about the money.

Since employees start over at step one when they are promoted, going from firefighter to lieutenant results in a loss of about 1.50 per hour, and lieutenant to captain results in a loss of about 50 cents per hour. But other departments have the same problem, specifically in the Police Department and the Water and the Community Appearance departments. In the Water and Sewer Board, you have many different levels of work, which makes it more likely that you will have promotion problems. Thats why it gets very expensive to fix all of the departments of the city at the same time. The cost depends on the size of the department.

We would be much better off without having to worry about housing inmates, even misdemeanor inmates, when it comes to risk. Were willing to pay the extra cost (up front) if it means eliminating that risk.

Thats only because theyre working 24 hour shifts, which includes sleep time.