Kansas City Wrestles with Huge Firefighter Overtime Costs

An accounting firm’s new report confirms what Kansas City officials already knew through the budgeting process — firefighter overtime is a huge expense, and a few individuals rake in an oversized share of those wages.But the report from BKD, released publicly on Wednesday, doesn’t offer a magic cure for the millions of dollars in overtime that Kansas City government shells out annually to the Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kansas City Star