E-mail to Rumblings:
Avast!
We have it on VERY good authority that the Rumblings blog is checked DAILY by management or the minions in the land of the Great Timekeeper! If you wondered why access to Rumblings from city computers hasn't been blocked, that might be the reason. It would only be courteous to give our shipmates in management who are such loyal readers a fine rumbling welcome!
Other rumor is that management REALLY REALLY wants to find out who the author(s) is (are). Some of those who have been accused of being the author or of even knowing who the author is are NOT! Despite the departure of Ken Simmons people still seem to be very afraid.
And for those worried about furloughs, notice that the CAO herself does NOT count mandatory furloughs of EAA represented employees as any kind of done deal. EAA is NOT part of the Coalition of City Unions and has no such negotiations. The only reopener negotiations with EAA concern PARITY with DWP and an unfair employee relations practice has been filed with the Employee Relations Board against the CAO for failing to bargain in good faith. A hearing has been scheduled for that UERP.
The memo below was found here:
http://www.lacity.org/cao/budgetmemos.htm
Memo No. 137
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
INTER-DEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE
Date: May 6,2008
To: Budget and Finance Committee
From: Karen L. Sisson, City Administrative Officer
Subject: FURLOUGH DAYS FOR PLANNING DEPARTMENT
The Committee requested information on the feasibility of developers paying the cost of furlough days for Planning Department staff responsible for the generation of decision letters.
The final decision to include or exclude furlough days as a budqet balancing mechanism is within the purview of the City Council. This also extends to the determination of which functions, departments and classifications are required to participate in the furlough program. Removing the Planning Department staff from the furlough program would require that additional savings be generated in other parts ofthe budget.
The impact of the furlough program must also be negotiated with the affected unions. Preliminary discussion of furloughs has taken place with the Coalition of City Unions, but has not taken place with the Engineers and Architects Association that represents the majority of the Planning Department staff (a majority of ITA as well). The outcome of those negotiations cannot be identified at this time.
The ability to assess the developer an additional fee to eliminate the necessity for furlough days is dependent on the level of cost recovery currently being provided by the fee. If the fee is at full cost recovery, the fee cannot be increased for this purpose.
KLS:TAC
Question 307
Avast!
We have it on VERY good authority that the Rumblings blog is checked DAILY by management or the minions in the land of the Great Timekeeper! If you wondered why access to Rumblings from city computers hasn't been blocked, that might be the reason. It would only be courteous to give our shipmates in management who are such loyal readers a fine rumbling welcome!
Other rumor is that management REALLY REALLY wants to find out who the author(s) is (are). Some of those who have been accused of being the author or of even knowing who the author is are NOT! Despite the departure of Ken Simmons people still seem to be very afraid.
And for those worried about furloughs, notice that the CAO herself does NOT count mandatory furloughs of EAA represented employees as any kind of done deal. EAA is NOT part of the Coalition of City Unions and has no such negotiations. The only reopener negotiations with EAA concern PARITY with DWP and an unfair employee relations practice has been filed with the Employee Relations Board against the CAO for failing to bargain in good faith. A hearing has been scheduled for that UERP.
The memo below was found here:
http://www.lacity.org/cao/budgetmemos.htm
Memo No. 137
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
INTER-DEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE
Date: May 6,2008
To: Budget and Finance Committee
From: Karen L. Sisson, City Administrative Officer
Subject: FURLOUGH DAYS FOR PLANNING DEPARTMENT
The Committee requested information on the feasibility of developers paying the cost of furlough days for Planning Department staff responsible for the generation of decision letters.
The final decision to include or exclude furlough days as a budqet balancing mechanism is within the purview of the City Council. This also extends to the determination of which functions, departments and classifications are required to participate in the furlough program. Removing the Planning Department staff from the furlough program would require that additional savings be generated in other parts ofthe budget.
The impact of the furlough program must also be negotiated with the affected unions. Preliminary discussion of furloughs has taken place with the Coalition of City Unions, but has not taken place with the Engineers and Architects Association that represents the majority of the Planning Department staff (a majority of ITA as well). The outcome of those negotiations cannot be identified at this time.
The ability to assess the developer an additional fee to eliminate the necessity for furlough days is dependent on the level of cost recovery currently being provided by the fee. If the fee is at full cost recovery, the fee cannot be increased for this purpose.
KLS:TAC
Question 307
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