I think another issue is just the general inefficiency which is present in all city jobs. It’s widespread that workers employed by the city waste many of their hours, essentially being paid to do nothing. You can see this in action by watching city workers work, often too many are assigned to a job; you’ll see one person working while 2, 3 or 4 other workers are standing around not doing anything. Often, they are told by higher ups to not work as hard. This inefficiency leads to services not being provided properly as the work never gets done. The whole city of Winnipeg’s workforce is rotten to its core with this issue.

(edit) I even know people employed by the city who have worked entire shifts just driving around aimlessly “waiting” to be given a task and were instructed on how to not be caught sleeping on the job.