The move generated national headlines, stigma and a lot of anxiety, recalled Robert McConnell, a bankruptcy lawyer who ran city-sponsored seminars to ease residents’ concerns.
“There was a lot of fear that city employees wouldn’t get paid and the city would crumble,” said McConnell, now a City Council candidate. “As you see, we managed to survive.”
Police Chief Robert Nichelini, who has worked for five mayors and 14 city managers here, said, “We’re all doing more with less. I’m anxious to see where we will be five years from now.”
The city plans to use $4.7 million in new grant money to hire more police officers and firefighters, Nichelini said. Two rehired police officers are back to work and another will start next month — which the chief said will help the department fight prostitution, drugs and other quality-of-life crimes.
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