The agendas for the council meetings tonight include a public hearing about setting the city’s property tax levy, which they must think will be controversial because you must wade through 112 pages of the PDF file to get to the related items (also see page 114). I was surprised to find out that the levy…
Tag: fire department
Comment on 8/27/2012 Council Meeting Agenda
OK, Council, you said you’d bond out no more than $12 million but now staff is coming at you with a proposal for borrowing $14 million. It’s not that Peace Road and the fire stations don’t need attention. They do — especially Station 2. But is this really the way to do it? Bundling the…
Zorn on Holiday Pay for City Workers Who Don’t Work Holidays
Eric Zorn poses a question on this Sun-Times story in his blog: The Sun-Times story on the rocky negotiations between the city and the firefighters union notes that one area of contention is Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal that only firefighters who work on holidays be awarded holiday pay: Former union president Bill Kugelman (said)…“ Holiday…
Public Safety Costs & DeKalb’s Financial Health
In last Thursday’s post I shared some preliminary observations about the latest contract between the City of DeKalb and the firefighters’ union. Since then I’ve gotten a little feedback on it behind the scenes. The gist of the response is this: What’s the deal? Does yinn have something against well-compensated public employees? The short answer…
DeKalb Firefighter Current Contract & Wage Schedule
Below is the DeKalb Fire Department Wage Schedule for the current fiscal year. Click on either page for a larger version, and once more to really zoom in. After you’ve had a skim, make the jump to see how things work out in real life.
New Contract with DeKalb Firefighters Contains Provision for Automatic Renewals
DeKalb City Council re-did the whole police station discussion last year because the members didn’t want an old council to dictate decisions to the new one. Apparently it’s quite all right to run a labor contract with its firefighters into 2014, though — and maybe even into eternity, as with the city manager’s contract. Check…
Discussion of Unsustainable State Pensions
Prairie State Blue: The Problem with Pensions: Defined benefit plans are not inherently unsustainable. They made sense and were solvent when salaries were lower, payout levels were lower, employees retired later and died earlier. With higher salaries and especially stepped-up pay schedules, earlier retirements, increased longevity, and payouts of up to 75% or higher on…
IAFF Contract to be Voted on Tonight is Not Available for Online Perusal
So get this, the notification of the agenda came out Friday and if you want to take a look at the 70-page contract proposal and tell your alderman what you think of it, you have to somehow squeeze in a visit to the city manager’s office before 6 p.m. this evening. It’s not a part…
On the Trail of the Legendary Comp Time Monster
Behold my latest puzzle: [table id=41 /]
Clarity
Hey, City of DeKalb, just so we’re clear: No fire station at the airport until the south side is taken care of.