City workers save $614,000

Decatur Daily Democrat:

Those two words, "fiscal restraint," which have become so popular these days weren't spoken at Tuesday night's meeting of Decatur City Council, but they certainly could have been.
Meanwhile, it was learned at the same meeting that the city may soon take another step to join the latest trend and go on Facebook.
The fiscal restraint was initially mentioned by Board of Works member Bill Karboch and then expanded upon by Mayor John Schultz, who pointed out a huge savings produced by the heads of the various city departments. In all, the department heads were able to get by spending $614,000 less than they had budgeted for 2010....