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Post by baysidepd on Mar 3, 2014 14:31:11 GMT -5
So Rabbit now that Suffolk County is rolling around in all this found money as a result of this favorable contract for the county when can we start seeing staffing levels reach the levels it should be out for 21st century.
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Post by rabbit on Mar 3, 2014 14:44:43 GMT -5
Hey bayside, staffing levels in Suffolk have been pretty static for the past decade and they will continue to be that way, civil service has always been reliant on the overall health of the economy. The economy has yet to recover fully from the recession of the early 2000's,... the way you phrased your question you sound kind of like a douche, why???
ps- if you know how to comprehend what you read I stated the contract will save the county millions in "THE LONG TERM" which OBVIOUSLY does NOT mean NOW. :/
................"but in the long term it is in the millions of dollars worth"
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Post by rabbit on Mar 4, 2014 15:23:15 GMT -5
Done, Sailed through without a hitch, like I said.
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Post by coots on Mar 4, 2014 18:21:46 GMT -5
NewsdaySuffolk Passes Final Cop Contract, Despite Cost WarningsSuffolk County lawmakers approved the third and final police contract Tuesday, despite warnings from legislative budget officials about the cost of the contracts. The new contract with superior officers, passed Tuesday, and those for detectives and rank and file police officers approved earlier, will increase county costs by $372 million through 2018, according to the legislative Budget Review Office. "Crafting a budget for 2015 and beyond will be a challenge," according to a memo by budget review staff. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone's administration called the three police contracts the best he could obtain. The alternative would have been binding arbitration, which is settled by a third party arbitrator and which Bellone said would have cost more. Connie Corso, the administration's deputy director of finance, said, the police contracts bring "certainty to the budget process." The contract with the 440-member Suffolk County Superior Officers Association was approved unanimously Tuesday by the County Legislature, with Legis. Robert Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) abstaining. He raised concerns Tuesday about county borrowing for police pension costs and provisions in the contracts that pay for education -- even if current officers don't take classes. In an interview, Trotta said Suffolk can't afford the contract, although he said he didn't believe binding arbitration would yield a significantly better result. "I don't want to end up like Nassau County, with salaries frozen," he said, referring to a wage freeze imposed by Nassau's financial control board. Under the Superior Officers agreement, future hires will get an education bonus if they get degrees. Current police officers, detectives and superior officers will get the bonus regardless. "We're giving pay increases for educations they don't have?" Trotta asked during legislative debate. "That's correct," said Jennifer McNamara, acting director of county labor relations. Asked about the concerns about police spending expressed by the Budget Review office, Morris replied: "The county signed the agreement with me. I assume they can afford it." Suffolk County has borrowed increasing amounts to pay for public employee pension costs. In 2011, the first year Suffolk could borrow for total employee pension costs under state law, the county bonded $19 million, Budget Review director Robert Lipp said. That increased to $45 million in 2012 and $60 million in 2013. The county will borrow $87 million this year for those pension costs.
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