Rockland County response to higher energy prices by Ken Mahoney

DAY ASKS LOCAL GOVT TO CONSIDER FLEX TIME SCHEDULES

Rockland Legislator Ed Day is proposing the county consider a flex time program. He wants all levels of government to explore and, where possible, institute a four-day, forty-hour workweek for municipal employees. Day believes implementation of a modified work week would save Rockland money in both heating and cooling while cutting back the gasoline workers use getting to and from their job. Suffolk County has already implemented a similar program called “Operation Sunshine,” which is expected to save 461 barrels of oil over a 120-day period.