Budget/Financing

Unsolved MMSD Budget Mystery #5: Mumbo Gumbo in the Kitchen

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To cut through the fog, intrepid investigators, the so far unsolved mystery boils down to three questions:
1. Why did the MMSD Food Service budget increase by $246,599 or 3.5% this year compared to the previous year?
2. Why did the MMSD add 10 new food service workers, when the school population (and presumably the number of meals) is in decline?
3. Why did the budget document claim to reduce staffing by “by approximately 2%” when staffing actually increased by 10.9%?

3 thoughts on “Unsolved MMSD Budget Mystery #5: Mumbo Gumbo in the Kitchen”

  1. Re: #3 – Easy answer. They planned to increase staffing by 12.9%. By cutting 2% from the plan they can say they cut by 2% when in fact staffing increases by 10.9%.
    Reed Schneider
    Hortonville

  2. Re: #2 – I thought someone else would answer #2 but since nobody did, here goes. Again, the answer is easy, as to why 10 more food service workers were hired. It likely takes that many more to pick up all the uneaten food.
    Reed Schneider
    Hortonville

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