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The [Thursday] PapersWednesday's column went up a bit late yesterday, so if you missed it, here's some Patrick Kane stuff. Also recommended: @JulieDiCaro. Private Benjamins "His idea of privatizing the 311 call center came in his 2016 budget address, saying it would save the city 'about a million dollars a year' to replace union workers with outside contractors." Why do I get the feeling we're about to get 211? * "The mayor later said bringing in an outside operator would save the city the cost of making much-needed upgrades to the technology at the nonemergency information center, which would cost considerably more than the operations savings." Wouldn't a private contractor seek to recover the cost of upgrades through its contract with the city? There's both an operating, and then there's the long-term capital," he said. "Chicago invented 311. We need about $40 (million) to $50 million to modernize it in the coming years, which we don't have. So there's an operating cost savings of $1 million, we think appropriately. There's also a capital expenditure that only a private operator can do." Well, the mayor has a way of finding $50 million at the drop of a hat when he wants to, so that's a real load. And again, a private contractor is going to recover the cost of modernization somehow. Rethinking 311 might be a good idea, but finding cheaper workers isn't necessarily the answer. * "Ald. Roderick Sawyer, 6th, said he's worried about giving a contract to a company that would provide the equipment and the manpower for such an important city service. And he wondered whether there would be real savings with a private contractor if the company had to factor in the cost of making technology upgrades." I just said that! * "Sawyer said that despite extensive discussion in recent weeks between members of the City Council and the Emanuel administration about the budget plan, many aldermen didn't learn about the proposal to privatize 311 until Monday night." They should've called 311. * "And the details were not spelled out in budget documents, which showed a proposed reduction of only about $237,000 on 311 services next year. It also showed the same number of employees. City budget spokeswoman Molly Poppe said only a small savings was reflected because the change would happen later in the year." That makes no sense - the budget under consideration is for the whole year! * Uber 311: The operator closest to you will return your call. * Meet your new 311: * P.S.:
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