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A new city report in response to an inquiry filed by Coun. Sean Chu and Coun. Jeromy Farkas shows that over the last four years, the city has paid out an average total of $30.1 million in overtime. Last year was below the average, at $28.9 million. Additionally, the four-year average for overtime payments to Calgary Police Service employees came to $13.6 million.
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City chief financial officer Carla Male wrote that overtime payments were down 11 per cent in 2020 compared to 2019, and there were also fewer employees getting those payments. The total annual payments to city and police employees add up to a little more than two per cent of salary expenditures and just one per cent of annual city costs.
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A new city report in response to an inquiry filed by Coun. Sean Chu and Coun. Jeromy Farkas shows that over the last four years, the city has paid out an average total of $30.1 million in overtime. Last year was below the average, at $28.9 million. Additionally, the four-year average for overtime payments to Calgary Police Service employees came to $13.6 million.
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Try refreshing your browser, or Councillors question high city overtime payouts, but overall costs down in 2020 Back to video
City chief financial officer Carla Male wrote that overtime payments were down 11 per cent in 2020 compared to 2019, and there were also fewer employees getting those payments. The total annual payments to city and police employees add up to a little more than two per cent of salary expenditures and just one per cent of annual city costs.