Ross Hunter's speech at the Greater Redmond Chamber of Commerce

Today’s speech at Redmond Chamber of Commerce

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Ross Hunter 

"A super crowd at the Redmond Chamber today. It was great to see everyone. I said I’d post the slides from today’s talk and here they are."  - Ross
WA State Budget Preview (PDF, requires Adobe Reader.) 

 "Sustainability Improvements" (one of Ross's slides)

• 4-Year balanced budget requirement
• Pensions - $11 billion less in 25-year costs
• Now ranked 4th in the nation for best-funded system.
• More employee contribution on healthcare – from 12% to 15%.
• No raises since 2007-09. With inflation, this is a real reduction of close to 6%.
• Fewer FTEs. 14.6% reduction in general government FTEs per 1000 residents.

Source:  Ross Hunter's Blog