ABSTRACT: In The Carmel Pine Cone of June 12, 2005, the Police Officers Association and The General Employees (Local Union 270) of the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea paid for an advertisement entitled, “City of Carmel-by-the-Sea Does Not Respect Its Employees.” The ad is reproduced in its entirety. COMMENT & QUESTIONS are made concerning the Police Officers, the General Employees and the implication for the Carmel Firefighters today.
REMEMBER THIS...
City of Carmel-by-the-Sea
Does Not Respect Its Employees
DID YOU KNOW:
• The City Council passed the 2005-2006 budget before negotiations
were complete with the General Employees and the Police Officer Association?
• The Police Officers and General Employees have worked without a contract for approximately 2 years. In that time, they have received no help towards increased cost of living or rising medical insurance costs.
• In the past 12 months, the City has paid over $250,000 in overtime to Police Officers. Wouldn’t that money be better spent on hiring two or three officers, thus eliminating overtime, saving the city revenues, and saving Police Officers from getting burned-out? Did you know it costs only $90,000 per-year for a full-time Police Officer?
• In the past, all City Employees had equal health benefits. Currently, At-Will and confidential employees get approximately $908.47 per month towards their medical insurance, including dental and vision.
• Police and Fire are on a sliding scale from $291 to $685.75 per
month for medical, including dental and vision.
• General Employees receive $387.00 toward health benefits, and they have NO dental or vision insurance.
• The City pays 26.74% into a retirement program for Safety
Employees, but only pays only 9.2% for the General Employees.
• Did you know the city Council and City Administrator receives full medical, including dental & vision?
• Did you know that almost every employee that works for the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea has to have a second job to make ends meet?
FURTHER:
• The City Council is spending $28,000 to study the roof leak at
Sunset Center. Why aren’t they holding the contractor responsible for fixing it? The roof never had a final inspection by the Building Inspector.
• None of the remodel at Sunset Center had final inspection by the
Building Inspector – Is the Council holding Sunset Center to a different standard?
• Why did the City Council vote to spend $80,000 to remodel the
Public Works Department only to close it?
• The City Council also spent approximately $27,000 of your money
to fight the TOT. This money could have partially funded Vision and Dental for the General Employees, or funded a part-time position for the Library, Public Works, Planning, Police or Fire Departments.
WHO ARE WE?
We are the Police Officers Association and
The General Employees (Local Union 279) of this City.
We are the group that takes pride in our jobs and are dedicated workers.
We are the group that wants equality in our health benefits. We are the group that will not be able to continue to work or live in this community due to increases in health care and resultant reduction in salaries.
We are the group that has tried negotiating with the City Administrator and City Council for benefits, with no positive results. We feel that the attitude of our City Administration is that if we don’t like the situation, we can leave, they will hire outside contractors to do our jobs – thus costing additional revenue.
We are the group that is now ASKING OUR COMMUNITY for support!
Please write letter to the Mayor, Members of the City Council, and the City Administrator about how important quality services are to this community.
Speak up at the next Council meeting to let the city Officials know that you are behind the employees, and that each employee should be treated equitably – within Carmel and in parity with other Cities on the Peninsula. Go to the next City Council meeting and demand equality.
We thank you for your support!
COMMENT & QUESTIONS:
• In 2005, the Police Officers Association and The General Employees (Local Union 270) of the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea paid for the above advertisement; today, the Police, General Workers and Managers all have contracts. Carmel Firefighters do not have a contract and have been working without a contract since July 2007.
• Are Carmelites proud of our City Council members when they put our Police Officers and General Employees is a position where they feel they have to pay for an advertisement in The Carmel Pine Cone entitled “City of Carmel-by-the-Sea Does Not Respect Its Employees?”
• Are Carmelites proud of our elected and appointed City Council members when under their auspices the City fails to reach a timely contract with the Carmel Firefighters and the Carmel Firefighters are put in a position where they have to seek arbitration overseen by the State of California for the purpose of securing a contract?
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