Reduce waste at GRU
Once again we’re hearing the typical solutions for GRU s current critical financial situation cut staff, raise rates, reduce the general fund transfer, etc.
We’ve seen it all before. That’s because none of the “solutions” actually solve the problem. At best they provide an answer for the current financial distress. At worst they actually prolong the problem, ensuring a repeat in the not-too-distant future.
Having worked for the city/GRU, I can assure you, no one is working harder for real solutions than leadership and staff. They just need to work smarter. A gold mine of savings and improvements can be found within the organization by reducing waste and inefficiencies, of which there are an abundance.
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Mobile clinic
The University of Florida s College of Medicine s Mobile Outreach Clinic will provide services indefinitely from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. every Thursday at GTEC, 2153 Hawthorne Road.
But the utility s customers will likely soon be paying more every month.
Layoffs of Gainesville Regional Utilities employees were mentioned among several options electric company officials brought forth at a City Commission budget session Wednesday.
However, major cuts from its budget and the city s general operations could be in the works.
City Commissioners asked the utility and city’s general services staffs to come back with proposals to slash up to $5 million each from their proposed fiscal year 2022 budgets.
Several commissioners said they don t envision that much actually being cut, but they wanted to at least see the proposals.
Open positions may not be filled, not only at the city’s utility company but in the city s general operations, commissioners agreed. They directed staff to come back with recommendations about what positions can stay open.