New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer is taking steps to cut back on spending. Unlike his counterparts in state government, Meyer currently is not looking at program cutbacks.
On Tuesday, New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer announced his administration will partially freeze hiring, limit overtime, suspend out-of-state travel for government employees, reduce executive office expenses and end the practice of allowing government employees to “cash out” unused vacation time.
Meyer said “that the changes will not cover the anticipated deficit and that further cost reductions are being considered.” Hopefully, he’ll look at some tax increases to cover much-needed programs.