Ben Sorensen
speaker
9,257 appearances
42 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2023
last heard 15 Sep
Ben Sorensen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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going back to three years behind and seeing the projection from Stantec is that we're in a critical situation.
And I think the idea that cost saving optimization could lead according to an approach that I shared and championed with my colleagues for the past six months could lead to $60 million savings.
And I have the receipt for that.
It can be disputed that it would be 50 or 30, but that would,
PROBABLY ALLOW THE CITY TO CONTEMPLATE LOTS OF BUDGET CUTS THAT ARE DRASTIC, MAYBE COMING BACK TO A LEVEL OF GENERAL FUND THAT WE HAD IN FISCAL YEAR 2025.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THOSE SAVINGS?
WE DON'T GO AHEAD AND SPEND IT AGAIN BECAUSE WE CONTINUE FEEDING THE BEAST.
And we don't have the revenue to justify that anymore.
We were at 11% a few years ago of growth in real estate development at Valorem.
It's slowing down.
Like the chairman shared, and there's more to it, $68 out of every $100 that we generate in revenue go to salaries and fridge benefits.
And it's going to get lower.
WORSE AND WORSE.
SO I WAS TRYING TO HAVE A DYNAMIC PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE ALL, I JUST, YOU KNOW, EXCEL DOESN'T MAKE MISTAKES, ONLY PEOPLE, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE DYNAMIC PICTURE, I THINK IT'S TIME TO EMPOWER YOUR CITY MANAGER TO
do the dirty job that probably had or should have been done a few years ago and stop the bloating and the growth of our city government.
Make an effort.
The city manager can do that.
She has the talent.
She's a lead transformation agent.
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