termed the ``unsustainable cost'' of administration and salaries. Nathaniel Royko told a public session of council that the number of city employees jumped 23 percent in two years -- from 2007 to 2009. He asked for a complete list of job descriptions.``Holy Cow!'' was Downtown Vernon Association president Ruth Hoyt's reaction to the City of Vernon's annual report. Hoyt, along with two other residents, attended a public 
hearing to question the multi-million dollar cost of running the city's administration. City salaries last year cost taxpayers 18.9-million dollars. She urged council to follow some Lower Mainland communities and put a cap on the business-to-residence tax ratio.
And resident Jim Bodkin called for a core review of Vernon's pricey emergency services, including policing, bylaw and the fire department.
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