Hi Tony, thanks for asking this question. Unless you are familiar with the entire situation it can be confusing at best. Ty Tagami covers the BOC, their meetings and issues and he gets it right about 60%.
At any rate, CEO has to submit a budget by a certain date, by law to the BOC. They are allowed to ammend it but then have to vote to accept the budget.
The initial budget, submitted by CEO and accepted by BOC included an increace for MPO'S in order to stop attrition.
The fun got started when Commissioner JOhnson submitted a millage increase to get the entire PD and FD 4% cost of living and 4% merits, not just for MPO's. Then Ellis wanted to "one up", since it's an election year and proposed his plan that cuts programs in the budget (seniors, rape crisis, other things)but gave a 4% MERIT only to all sworn offials (sherrif, coroner, etc.)
Ellis' motion over rode Johnsons motion and the board voted for Ellis' plan. The CEO vetoed that motion in order to allow JOhnsons plan to be voted on. The plan that I believe gets you all more.
Ellis has continually maneuvered the parliamentary rules in order to avoid a vote on Johnson's plan. I believe he is doing this because even if he did want to support the plan, because he is running for CEO a tax increase would hurt him in some parts of the county.
Sorry to be so long but the gist of it is as of last Tuesday, you all are not getting raises. I believe Johnsons motion will be up at the next meeting a week from Tuesday. We will be out, send your families and friends out.
We're pulling for you!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
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Increase for MPO's? You sure?
My reading of the news reports gave me the impression that it was not a raise but a one time retention bonus paid out over the ridiculously long period of EIGHTTEEN LONG MONTHS.
Now money is money, but after that time period, its gone. I'm back to paying for the increases in the pension contribution and the increases in benefits with the old pay.
Dunwoody is gonna take a lot more away from Dekalb than just taxes.
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