Contingency Funds Will Cover Extra OT Costs For City Of HR

The City of Hood River has gone over its overtime budget for public works during the ice and snow storms of the last few weeks, but City officials says they have the money to cover it.  City Manager Steve Wheeler says their resources have been taxed dealing with the snow and ice around the area, often running crews in 12-hour shifts, and that leads to overtime costs.  He said they started the year with a $13,000 overtime budget and they have gone over that, but they do have a $300,000 contingency fund to draw from, so the City is still in good shape.  Wheeler said when it comes to equipment, they try to do double duty through using snow plows attached to dump trucks to deal with this kind of storm.  He also praised public works crews for their work in dealing with the wintry conditions of the past few weeks.

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