tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753500464136402496.post5703044136820830480..comments2023-06-19T09:26:54.856-05:00Comments on Arlington District 1: Civil ServiceArlington District 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15573436805597108562noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753500464136402496.post-3940517782555541952017-08-09T11:03:00.391-05:002017-08-09T11:03:00.391-05:00You might want to read my post this morning called...You might want to read my post this morning called "Civil Service is Coming,"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05677131782878885334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753500464136402496.post-32890096975331546652017-08-09T07:05:48.693-05:002017-08-09T07:05:48.693-05:00Thank you!
Your next big move should be to finally...Thank you!<br />Your next big move should be to finally kill the Meet and Confer Fiasco. This never worked right for either side. Nothing really beneficial came out of it for the citizens.<br />The cost of losing the right to appoint managers and assess the skills of supervisors really needs to be felt by the union. They have unlimited sick time acruels now....check their behavior now, its crazy. Arlington Firefighters are terribly sick on Saturdays for some reason.<br />Citizens, pay attention to what is happening. The union won the election without telling the whole story to you. They care only for themselves- they learned this from the old bullies like their leaders and the poor senior members that can't pass an assessment center.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753500464136402496.post-90681954337340444872017-08-08T22:18:30.872-05:002017-08-08T22:18:30.872-05:00I just got home from the meeting about an hour ago...I just got home from the meeting about an hour ago. I can't speak for the rest of the Council but what we did today is remove $807,000 from the pay benefits from the fire department. That is the estimate from the City Manager to run Civil Service for the first year. We also withheld the purchase of a fire engine to save another $500,000 until we see the expenditures for the first half year. The Union has threatened to sue the city already for the Deputy Chief positions and the A/O testing. We are unsure of the cost of these suits but it would be unfair to the other departments to have to pay for these litigious problems brought to us by AFF. My position is that we keep the Deputy Chief positions. If the Battalion Chiefs don't like it, then they will have the opportunity to return to Captain. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05677131782878885334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753500464136402496.post-85218375802231918562017-08-07T21:13:14.025-05:002017-08-07T21:13:14.025-05:00Tomorrow will be telling how devoted you are Mr Pa...Tomorrow will be telling how devoted you are Mr Parker (and Mayor and the rest of the Council) regarding civil service and how the City's elected officials will either keep control of the Fire Department or let the union thugs run things. Today the appointed and salaried chiefs sent a letter to CMO remaining on the side of management. Don't let them down by lumping them in with the yellow shirts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com