Pricey healthcare premiums, exodus of younger cops to other departments, retirements, poor recruitment drives, disincentive for police service are all contributing factors to a shrinkage
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Category: City Budget
Political Intrusion Of Personnel Office, Police Department Eclipses $10 Million In Legal Fees, Consultants, Payouts, Overtime Mismanagement
The city is still a few weeks from announcing Eric Amado as permanent personnel director pending a 30-day candidate appeal period for applicants who sought
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Tuesday Deadline For Rescue Fund Applications
City of Bridgeport officials remind applicants that two hard copies of their submission for American Rescue Plan funding are due to the Purchasing Department, 999
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Attention Small Businesses And Non-profits: Virtual Information Sessions On Securing Rescue Plan Money
City Council Budget Co-Chair Scott Burns tonight at 5:30 will lead an information session with city staff for candidates applying for American Rescue Act funding
Read moreDearly “Beloved Bridgeport”–Deep-Pocketed Gen Now Promises To Rescue All From The Scourge Of Politics
Toot the trumpets. Bang the drums. Sound the horns. The sister affiliate of the “non-partisan” Bridgeport Generation Now, made up largely of deep-pocketed Black Rockers,
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Cha-ching! Bridgeport Guaranteed Another $5 Million A Year From State For Reimbursement On Tax-Exempt Properties
Sometimes the small print produces wonders. Tucked into the recently approved, voluminous state budget that could make an ordinary person’s eyes recoil into oblivion is
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In State Aid Jackpot Bridgeport Does Better, But Lags New Haven and Hartford–Paging Senators Bradley And Moore
The good news for Bridgeport in the budget just approved by the state legislature: nearly $11 million extra for payments in lieu of taxes, the
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City Seeks Public Input On Spending $110 Million Rescue Plan Windfall
Here’s something novel in Bridgeport: government asking you how to spend money instead of taking it. Easy to do when its federal dough. From Mayor
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