I encourage our employees to care for themselves and their families, and thought this would be a great way to inspire everyone to get in shape together.

It reduces healthcare costs and enables employees to work better. It's also so much fun for everyone.

We have a special ceremony to give out the medals, complete with the Olympic fanfare music. At the end of the 11 weeks, the person who has lost the most weight out of the two teams wins a trip to Italy.

Not one person makes a company.

I like noise and we make money when we make noise.

Almost all of the city employees received a 1.5 percent increase this year, and to give any more to the appointees would be a slap in the face to the 6,000 employees.