It was no secret that the City of Chandler was planning to add a significant number of new employees in its next budget. The city is adding its own ambulance service that will start in January and needs the staff to run that.
But that’s not all.
City Manager John Pombier presented a budget that gives the Council the option to add up to 57.8 new full-time employment positions. By comparison the city added 18 in the current fiscal year…