CHICAGO, Illinois - October 19, 2009 - Faced with a $550 million budget deficit, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on Monday said that all non-union city workers would take nearly five working weeks of unpaid leave next year to save the city money.

Daley announced plans Monday to save $114 million by requiring 3,600 non-union city workers to take 24 unpaid days off, eliminating 220 vacant jobs and cutting expenses like travel and supplies by $20 million.

It's about a 9% pay cut next year for top city officials, administrators and middle managers at City Hall - including the mayor himself. That will cost about $8,100 for a boss who usually makes $90,000.

Those furlough days would not affect frontline employees who actually deliver services to the public. But one analyst said the move would still affect city services.

"You won't have enough people on the management side of the ledger making sure that people, like I say, show up on time, do their job, are held accountable," said Ralph Martire, executive director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability.