By: rescue814 on 6/12/10
$1,100 for a chair.... jeez I sit in a chair all day like the dispatchers do, and it sure as heck doesn't cost that much.

By: NoToNarcissism on 6/12/10
Well that is cause you don't work for "spend that money, cause it ain't mine" Truman Jones.

By: mrdrummond on 6/13/10
rescue814: Yes, but does that chair get used 24/7/365? Probably not, right?

Would you rather spend $100 on an office chair from Office Max/Depot/Staples/etc., that has to be replaced every six months, having been broken due to shoddy design or pay $1,100 for a sturdy, continuous use chair that will last up to 10 years (or more)?

Would you rather pay the insurance costs to treat a dispatcher because his or her back is shot due to poor lumbar support as result of sitting in that $100 chair, requiring expensive surgery?

Good for the Mayor for having the insight and common sense to support a purchase that takes care of the well being of our dispatchers.

By: rescue814 on 6/15/10
Point taken, however these chairs are better than 10 years old and some that are actually used 24/7.