Free Memorandum in Support of Motion - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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I, Thomas Shenrvood, being of sound mind and body, do hereby depose and
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1. I am over the age of eighteen and believe inthe obligation of an oath. i
2. I am employed by the City of Bridgeport as the Director of the Office of Policy
and Management. In February 2002 thru June 2002 I was the Director ofthe Office
of Policy and Management. In this capacity I was responsible for the implementation
of the budget to be presented to the City Council for the fiscal year 2002-2003. I
3. As the Director, I assisted in developing a draft budget which was reviewed
by the Mayor and then formally recommended to the City Council by the first
Tuesday in April 2002.
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4. As part of my responsibilities I presented the recommended budget to the _
Council. The budget which was presented contained an approximate six million
dollar gap.
5. The City Council reviewed the recommended budget and requested a plan to
close the six million dollar gap through cuts. As a part of that task I immediately sent
to all department heads a request dated April 10, 2002 that they out their department
budget and size by varying amounts that I had fixed based upon the work of the
department for a cumulative cut of approximately six million.
6. This request was a directive from the Budget and Appropriation Committee (7 3
members) of the City Council for the City of Bridgeport.
7. Thereafter, each department, including the Public Facilities Administrative
Offices responded with proposed cuts. The Public Facilities Deputy Director
provided a response with justification to eliminate two positions to reach the value
contained in the April 10, 2002 memo request. |
8. The proposals of each of the departments were then presented to the City E
Council and reviewed item for item to determine what cuts would be made to close
the gap. This analysis was done by the Budget and Appropriation Committee and
approved and presented to the City Council as a whole and, thereafter, adopted in
early Nlay 2002. The final vote required approval by the majority of the twenty
member council and was not a decision made by the Mayor of the City of Bridgeport.
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9. As a result of the department recommendations, a number of positions were I
eliminated from the City in an effort to reduce the gap. I
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10. Based upon the vote of the City Council, one of the positions eliminated was I
Public Facilities Inspector, a position filled by Nlr. Cecil Young. I
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Sworn and subscribed before me this ISI day of March, 2005 I
Baféara Brazzel-Nlassaro I
Commissioner of the Superior Court I
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