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How many employees does Bloomington have?

By:  Diane Benjamin

Determining how many employees the City of Bloomington has is a problem since the numbers reported often conflict with each other.

The mayor and some candidates keep saying Bloomington has severely cut the staff, some candidates (Renner’s picks) want to hire more people.

I found a website with the number of employees the City has reported to the State of Illinois.   http://warehouse.illinoiscomptroller.com/ProcessSearchResults.cfm?AFRDesiredData=Population,%20EAV,%20and%20Employees&Code=064/025/30&CFY=2012&Menu=Yes&PrintIt=No

2012

Full time          581

Part time           55

2013

Full time          583

Part time           45

2014

Full time         592

Part time          43

 

The State website was started in 2012, so older information is not available.

For 2011, I looked at the monthly report David Hales posted for January – the oldest report on-line

http://www.cityblm.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=194

Page 26

The chart at the bottom of the pager shows:

Full time City         525

Full time Library   42

Total Full Time              567

Part time City           14

Part time Library     35

Total Part time               49 

Remember all the staff who were cut when the recession hit?

Obviously the City has been going backwards.

Lesson:  Government never has enough employees.  Some element of life is always left to be controlled!

4 thoughts on “How many employees does Bloomington have?”

  1. It’s no wonder that Hales left Bend, OR., with sealed records. Hey Bob Barker, let’s make a deal, I’ll go through door #2 and forever go away it you don’t tell what’s behind door #1.

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    1. Citizens should put together a referendum for the next election in regards to the city manager position since the potted plant council is a joke.

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