Post #99

Post #99 is our final post.

"Rumblings in ITA" has run it's course and we have accomplished much of what we set out to do. The onus is now on Executive Management to keep the channels of communication within ITA open and improve on that each and every day.

Please post your comments on anything about the City, ITA, your job, this blog, or anything you see fit.

Thank you,
ITA Rumblers

All Hands poll

Final poll results:

"Are you excited about attending ALL HANDS #3 ??"

YES - 6 (10%)

NO - 49 (89%)

Randi-Lopalooza III update

Team,

This is a reminder that our next All Employee meeting is this Thursday at the Convention Center. Please submit any questions that you would like answered to the ASK RANDI mailbox.

I will be happy to answer them.

Randi

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Anonymous said ... Since today we got another reminder to send questions to the Ask Randi mailbox it sounds like the questions Randi and the Great Timekeeper wanted to get are NOT coming in. Besides, the big raise she got shows that what the Mini-Mayor wants in a GM is a yes-woman or yes-man, not some one who stands up for quality work. The remaining purpose of this department seems to be to deliver workstations to elected officials. July 7, 2008 2:06 PM

Randi Levin scores BIG !!!

$241,122.24

Many of us received cost of living increases on July 1st. For most in ITA it was about 3%. Well below the current runaway inflation that is being fueled (pun intended) by gas prices.

Your General Manager, the one who isn't resigning (would you?), got better than a 7% salary increase from $225,003 to just over $241,122. That means your GM banks more than $9K every pay period. Not bad for all her stumbling and bumbling that we keep Rumbling about.

Don't forget to e-mail and ASK RANDI how she enjoyed her holiday cash bonanza.
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Happy 4th of July to all our Rumbling pals, it's been a great 6 months for this blog. Thank you one and all for your comments, encouragement, insight and passion.

Civil Service Commission

Minutes from the June 26th Civil Service Commission meeting

LINK

Item #8. GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT

The Personnel Department reviewed over 35,000 employment work histories. Department staff conducted a mock layoff exercise and although a consideration number of employees have been placed in vacant positions, it appears there will be a small number of employees laid off, probably effective July 15, 2008.

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It will be interesting to see how Mark Wolf and Ruben "the ITA Time Keeper" Vasquez spin it next Thursday. All Hands agenda item # 4 - Managed Hiring & Temporary Layoff.

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Agenda for the July 10th Civil Service Commission meeting (same day as All Hands): LINK

Item #10b. The General Manager recommends that the Board approve the following - Classification actions: In connection with the 2008-2009 budget, effective July 1, 2008: 1) allocate the following positions:

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
08/09-021 3 Programmer Analyst, 1431
08/09-022 4 Communications Electrician, 3686
08/09-023 2 Telecommunications Planner, 7642
08/09-024 3 Programmer Analyst, 1431

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
08/09-025 1 Senior Management Analyst,

9171 Senior Personnel Analyst, 9167

14 new positions?