So.... pay more then. Does the city say "we'll pay 100k but can't get quants"? Or do they pay market rate? If they can't pay more, perhaps other people have fo

So.... pay more then. Does the city say "we'll pay 100k but can't get quants"? Or do they pay market rate? If they can't pay more, perhaps other people have found ways to make more profitable use of their engineers' time, in which case their business is not viable.