Fire union is negotiating a zero percent one year contract except they want a 10%-10%-10% pre-retirement final three year increase in their salaries. A firefighter would give the town a three year notice I'm retiring and that firefighter would get 30% salry increase over the final three years (and sacrifice uniform allowance, annual physical stipend, defibrilator retraining stipend etc to in a way make it appear that the money is a wash). This is true, folks. Will be interesting how the Selectmen bite this magnum bullet?
Our Police officers under Quinn Bill discovered their overtime work hadn't been paid at Quinn Bill rates, so town now has to pay them back for overtime work performed the past two years at a cost of nearly $600,000 to us taxpayers. We've been duped taxpayers.
Our managers said no to a most generous one year contract and word on the street is that the vote was separated by one vote. Apaprently, it was for zero %, but the town's giveaways were exceptional. Instead, they want at least the 1% our teachers have now received for this year. The Town said no, so it's back to the table all over again.
What's hidden in the Teacher's contract is the Longevity benefit increase. While we might have read some amounts included in this contract they reached, no where is it mentioned the literal thousands of dollars this benefit alone will cost us taxpayers.
It's huge, let me put it that way.
Finally, the final figures aren't in about the DPW's new headquarters at the former Torrey school building where they will be moving into next week, but the costs far exceed the $82,000 town meeting authorized for this new operations center. I hear that people are getting computer stations there despite having a desk and computer sites for the same employee(s) in other buildings. We're heating an entire building for a one (of four floor) structure? Rewired, new carpet, new office equipment, new plumbing, elevator work, etc all to make Mr. McMahon's new hideaway headquarters the cat's meow of town office spaces. For $82,000 and how many other dollars poured into the project by Water and Sewer monies hidden in their slush accounts? Can't wait for their open house. Caviar, donuts, pizza, wine and cheese for sure to associate with the property decor.
By Budding News Scribe
Our Police officers under Quinn Bill discovered their overtime work hadn't been paid at Quinn Bill rates, so town now has to pay them back for overtime work performed the past two years at a cost of nearly $600,000 to us taxpayers. We've been duped taxpayers.
Our managers said no to a most generous one year contract and word on the street is that the vote was separated by one vote. Apaprently, it was for zero %, but the town's giveaways were exceptional. Instead, they want at least the 1% our teachers have now received for this year. The Town said no, so it's back to the table all over again.
What's hidden in the Teacher's contract is the Longevity benefit increase. While we might have read some amounts included in this contract they reached, no where is it mentioned the literal thousands of dollars this benefit alone will cost us taxpayers.
It's huge, let me put it that way.
Finally, the final figures aren't in about the DPW's new headquarters at the former Torrey school building where they will be moving into next week, but the costs far exceed the $82,000 town meeting authorized for this new operations center. I hear that people are getting computer stations there despite having a desk and computer sites for the same employee(s) in other buildings. We're heating an entire building for a one (of four floor) structure? Rewired, new carpet, new office equipment, new plumbing, elevator work, etc all to make Mr. McMahon's new hideaway headquarters the cat's meow of town office spaces. For $82,000 and how many other dollars poured into the project by Water and Sewer monies hidden in their slush accounts? Can't wait for their open house. Caviar, donuts, pizza, wine and cheese for sure to associate with the property decor.
By Budding News Scribe
