USA- I've wondered why and how road "contractors" are able to get away with that stuff.

Some do a great job and some do garbage jobs and never get held accountable...NICE.

The money is being spent on health insurance.
When you talk about school budgets, city budgets, and the price of contractors,
you are talking about the cost of health insurance for employees.
Health insurance is eating away our budgets.

How about "Costs and budgets curb Janesville's sidewark installation" Really? The city can't support its own street repair plan but they expect citizens to support its sidewalk plan? Double standard.

Leftover plowing money will probably be used to sweeten the bonuses for represented city employees.

Of course, we cannot repair the streets - there's an ice rink to pay for. Where are people's priorities? (I'm gonna need a crowbar to get my tongue out of my cheek...)

There should be lots of extra plowing money from the mild winter that could be used to help.

Soon to be added to the popular list of oxymorons like "giant shrimp"and "military intelligence" - "street maintenance." Citizens, "What's in your wallet?" Perhaps a change is in order, not "Janesville, city of parks," but "city of potholes". I'm sure this will draw more industries which rely on truck traffic, won't it?

Maybe we could cut some positions at city hall or there pay.

Too much of our property taxes go to the school system - plain and simple. Spending taxpayer money wisely isn't a strong suit of our city council. Maybe the city council will check-out the street maintainence programs in Brazil later this year on their field trip.

Sounds like the city council needs to sit down and make a list of what is really important and put those important things at the top of the list of things to do. I have not heard the expression " more bang for your buck " for a long time. Very clever.