All levels of our city government have an addiction to spending. However, at all levels of our local government, there is bloat. While we will be the first to point out there are some hard working people (a few) who work for the city government, there is a lot of fat.
Fact:1 in every 620 homes in the City of New Albany is in Foreclosure.
Fact: The NAFD and NAPD rank Number 5 AS highest paid employees in the State of Indiana.
City of New Albany Employees:
1. Charles L. Miller (police)............$141,440.09
2. Matthew M. Hunter (fire)...........$98,035.42
3. Christopher Rainbolt (fire)..........$96,062.57
4. Scott L. Carpenter (fire)..............$96,062.57
5. Keith Whitlow (police).................$88,312.62
6. Tim W. Kron (fire).......................$88,304.35
7. Dexter A. Parker (fire)...............$82,909.30
8. Richard L. Denny.......................$87,541.41
9. Greg Pennell (police).................$86,973.39
10. Matt E. Julot (fire)..................$86,839.73
11.Maurice A. Stubbins (fire).......$84,791.88
12.Mike Lawrence (police)..........$84,356.95
13. Jerry Banet (fire)...................$84,310.60
14. Albert E. Higdon (police).......$83,750.33
15. Sherry Knight (police)...........$83,564.08
16. Joel Baylor (fire)...................$82,875.26
17. Merle A. Hall (police)...........$81,692.28
18. Brian Gadd (fire)...................$81,039.74
19. David Sparks (fire)...............$80,805.59
20. Jeff Gahan (mayor)..............$83,368.87
Fact: Eighty four cents of every dollar in our ($20 million) General Fund goes to our local fire and police departments. Our question is how do they run the other departments on the sixteen cents left.
Here are three different mayors with three different salaries:
1. James Garner......$50,000 salary
2. Doug England......$75,000 salary
3. Jeff Gahan...........$83,368.87 plus he's also paid to sit on two different board. So his salary is now over $100,000 + a year.
Why? What has happen to Public Service in our City?
Freedom Of Speech would like to say:
What is destroying our city: Salaries, Benefits, Bonds, TIF's, Tax Abatement's, Mismanagement, Greed and the good ole boys mentality.
If GREED was a crime in the City of New Albany we would have to build 10 new jails. And to think, City Attorney Shane Gibson wants to run for Prosecutor. Must be nice living on the backs of us taxpayers drawing a billable hour paycheck and being paid additional $$$ to represent 5 different boards.
It's obvious that our city, like the federal government, has a spending problem, not a revenue problem and what Gahan is doing to the residents of New Albany is mismanagement and borders on malfeasance.
