I rarely give credit to council after a meeting but here goes.
Good job.
You guys looked out for the financial well-being of the city. And it appears you all took a stand collectively. Thats a first.
Mr. Napoli, I am glad you stood up when the Police president was trying to bully you. The guy was so unprofessional and unprepared what did he think the outcome would be?
The city will be fine and I highly doubt 30 officers leave this year. And if they do, so what! They will be replaced.
The police have milked the city enough over the years. And they are getting a new 50 million dollar station. The Greed is insane.
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Well said ABE !! I totally agree it’s about time they grew some balls to this administration !!!
I call bs. The Police Dept, Mayor, and council will just rename it, rebrand it, and pass it.
D.O.L.L.A.R. — Deferred Officers’ Lucrative Lifetime Accumulation for Retirement
I think every employee should be offered the option of a drop pension.
"...I highly doubt 30 officers leave this year. And if they do, so what! They will be replaced."
Yet at the same time people are whining that the police lack the necessary training. Either police officers are replaceable and easily trained or they are not. Can't have it both ways.
I cannot begin to understand the continuing stupidity of the Tuerk administration. Time and time again they present an initiative that will require significant financial commitment of taxpayers funds. Instead of coming to council with sound data they arrive with assumptions, “I don't have that data”, and vague statements like “we wont know until it is funded”.
Kane sat there last evening and said “we can’t predict cost”. You can predict costs Mr Kane. What usually happens in situations like this DROP is there are worst and best case scenarios presented. You have that with the actuary study the city paid a significant sum of money for because Patel is a basic math type finance director. The numbers are there, pay attention!
The continued statement that this is a “negotiated benefit that has already been entered into between the city and FOP” is a lie. The mayor preemptively signed the document without following proper contracting procedures. You can’t enter a contract without council approval.
The FOP Deputy mentioned that this is a benefit similar to Act 47. I assume he meant Act 49, since 47 is a financially distressed municipality law. Act 49 is also a law that governs how municipalities fund their pensions. Act 49 that council voted on is not an optional benefit, it is law. The DROP is optional and not required to be adopted. Get your facts straight and stop using erroneous information to try and justify your argument.
Lastly, no one needs to apologize to the officers that are impacted by the delayed vote , as was mentioned by the FOP Deputy. If an individual who is retiring in December hasn’t made post retirement plans at this point and has been just waiting since Feb without a plan B, they are a fool. Maybe not passing the DROP and letting them retire is actually the best for the city?
Remember FOP members YOUR mayor signed this agreement without following procedures and it is insane to blame council for wanting to pause the vote until the fiscal health of the city can be evaluated by a competent authority. YOUR mayor tried to rush this through and now the council is being attacked publicly by the FOP Deputy for following a procedure? Insanity.
It sounds to me like HR, legal, and finance once again failed to advise the mayor that he is a little city mayor responsible to council and not a supreme leader. Notice none of them were present last night.
The F.O.P guy has no clue what he's doing. In way over his head. Your analysis of the drop is spot on. Sounds like when the Mayor said Council didn't hire the Investigator who did the discrimination interviews properly. He should learn his job because obviously he had no clue . AGAIN!!!
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