1. Because of differing work rules and toll-collection methods, overtime costs on the turnpike and the parkway are starkly different. 2. Boeing stunned investors last week when it reported a third-quarter loss because of production inefficiencies, parts shortages and overtime costs. 3. About half the money was intended to cover higher overtime costs, which the administration said were caused by an increase in arrests. 4. But authority officials say that reducing overtime costs will be more difficult than redrawing organizational charts. 5. But he acknowledged that the overtime costs had complicated the effort to make the department more efficient. 6. But the cost to police departments can be considerable, from staffing checkpoints and overtime costs to ballistics testing and disposing of the guns. 7. City officials have already begun inspecting budgets and searching for security companies to help ease police overtime costs. 8. Cosgrove first crossed swords with the County Legislature earlier this year when the lawmakers adopted legislation intended to curb overtime costs. 9. Ford also criticized the Republican leadership for its expansive legislative agenda, saying the overtime costs associated with a heavy calendar might force senators to cut staff. 10. Fujioka said the police overtime costs are expected to continue to grow as officers go on and off tactical alerts based on the situation in Afghanistan. |
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