Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Luzerne County (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Editor’s note: A foreign concept in Pottstown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WILKES-BARRE — Mayor Tom Leighton unveiled Tuesday “several significant personnel and administrative changes” that he feels will improve government efficiency and service to city taxpayers.
Leighton said he and his administrative staff have been working on the plan since September and he mentioned the consolidation and restructuring in his budget address in October.
“Basically, we have less people and we are asking them to do more,” he said, noting there are a third fewer employees at City Hall than when he took office in 2004. Overall, then there were 300 employees in the city and now there are 265, he said.
“We’re assigning more responsibilities to less people,” he said.
