Benson says he is not pursuing contracting out city services now, it may be in Enid’s future
Source: By Robert Barron, Enid News & Eagle (OK), August 01, 2007
Although he has considered areas in which the city of Enid could privatize services, City Manager Eric Benson said there are no immediate plans to pursue those options. “Anything we do will be with the involvement of the union and at the behest of the council. It will be well-reasoned and in the open,” Benson said. The city currently is in contract negotiations with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which will represent non-uniformed city workers.
…… However, Eldon Stephens, a member of AFSCME who works in the solid waste department, said the city has tried privatization in the past unsuccessfully. “They couldn’t provide the service the city did,” he said.