Hubbard mayor displeased with council moves to balance ’09 budget

HUBBARD — City officials may be eliminating a position and cutting back on work hours for another employee in an effort to balance the city’s 2009 budget.

Council members have discussed abolishing the superintendent of streets position and making the mayor’s secretary a part-time position and eliminating health-care benefits for that position.

Mayor Arthur Magee does not agree with the proposed cuts, however. He said Street Superintendent Paul Collins is an excellent supervisor with no complaints from the public. Magee said secretary Laurie Brown handles a litany of responsibilities in the mayor’s office and needs more than part-time hours to do those things.

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