8/9/2012
WTOL Interview: Mandel: Cuts big and small lead to $1.6 million surplus for Ohio
TOLEDO, OH (Toledo News Now) - A new report from the Office of Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel says the state will head into next year with a projected $1.6 million surplus.
Mandel says about $944,000 of that came from reductions in payroll, but that other small cost cutting measures helped as well.
"We shut off unused phone lines, unused fax lines, re-negotiating cell phone contracts, we stopped plant watering contracts, we said we can walk around the office with a bucket and do it on our own, big things and small we've made significant cuts," said Mandel.