The list represents TOWN RESIDENTS PER TOWN EMPLOYEE.
This means Middleboro, with a 2006 Population estimated at 21,305, has 1,217 EMPLOYEES or 17.5 TOWN RESIDENTS PER EMPLOYEE.
THAT FIGURE INCLUDES CHILDREN.
We have little other than comparisons with other towns to indicate how poorly Middleboro is being managed.
In other places, those who would continue to excuse POOR MANAGEMENT sputter and spew about well, we have BETTER town services or we have a G&E, or they fabricate information.
The Annual Town Report indicates that the G&E has 52 employees. Do your own math. Not significant!
The DOR Report indicated that Middleboro HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH EMPLOYEES.
It was not for the DOR to tell you, the voter that there are places that can be cut.
Look around you.
Is this more MUSHROOM FARMING by a Board of Selectmen that prefers to keep you in the dark and fed a diet of manure?
Municipality 2006 Population Estimate Total Employees Population Per Municipal Employee
MIDDLEBOROUGH 21,305 1,217 17.5
ABINGTON 16,378 833 19.7
ACTON 20,586 1,041 19.8
BELMONT 23,308 1,426 16.3
BOURNE 19,224 981 19.6
BRIDGEWATER 25,695 401 64.1
BURLINGTON 24,895 807 30.8
CANTON 21,772 1,082 20.1
CARVER 11,578 361 32.1
DANVERS 25,833 851 30.4
DEDHAM 23,615 1,199 19.7
EASTON 23,031 783 29.4
GARDNER 20,805 867 24.0
HINGHAM 21,784 1,410 15.4
HUDSON 19,447 575 33.8
LUDLOW 21,951 891 24.6
MANSFIELD 23,096 793 29.1
MARBLEHEAD 20,231 1,121 18.0
MARSHFIELD 24,836 773 32.1
MELROSE 26,666 956 27.9
MILFORD 27,523 788 34.9
MILTON 25,902 625 41.4
NEEDHAM 28,368 888 31.9
NORTH ANDOVER 27,196 1,276 21.3
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH 27,946 1,700 16.4
NORTON 19,242 588 32.7
PEMBROKE 18,739 484 38.7
READING 23,086 845 27.3
SANDWICH 20,508 1,246 16.5
SAUGUS 27,107 1,259 21.5
STONEHAM 21,471 803 26.7
STOUGHTON 26,901 1,291 20.8
WAKEFIELD 24,588 1,260 19.5
WALPOLE 23,165 630 36.8
WAREHAM 21,324 978 21.8
WINCHESTER 21,092 676 31.2
YARMOUTH 24,354 680 35.8
2 comments:
This is interesting -
when you deduct the 50 employees
for the G&E you wind up with 1167
employees or 18.25 residents per employee.
The other thing to keep in mind with this kind of analysis is that Middleboro is the second largest town
in terms of area. It seems to me that
this could be a factor when determining the size of our DPW, and fire and police departments.
It would be interesting to see employee to square mileage ratios as another point of comparison for
these departments.
While I appreciate that you performed the self-evident math, you have introduced yet another 'excuse' for Poor Management.
You will find reports available from the DOR posted on the nemasket forum in xls format that provide the information you have suggested. You may do your own comparisons.
One might also suggest that a higher population density would necessitate greater public safety services. One might also make the argument that urban populations might have more school employees.
Wareham is frequently cited as closely similar, but also has a significant summer population.
While the list of variables is endless, were I to present an identical twin to Middleboro that had better numbers, many among us would sputter and spew and find excuses for POOR MANAGEMENT.
That's the issue that put us on this fiscal train wreck.
No one can justify that.
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