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Correction,

The department is down by 3 men, not 4 as I previously noted. How can the shortage of 3 men cause such a huge spike in OT? The fact of the matter is that the system is gamed. For example:

During the last contract 2015-18, those retirees in that time frame earned $2,526,545.26 over and above their wage DURING THE PAY FREEZE PERIOD of 2012-15. Understand this, that number is over and above actual salaries DURING THE PAY FREEZE PERIOD. So on average, each man in the department earned an extra $66,448.03 over and above salary DURING THE WAGE FREEZE PERIOD. How can any department make budget projections, present them to the council, and then end with numbers like this year after year after year? It's called manipulation, side deals, schemes, scams, whatever you want to call it. But the fact remains that the system is clearly being gamed.

Mr. Steven Fay earned an extra $108,430.06 and Mr. Thomas Maymon earned and extra $103,827.31 DURING THE WAGE FREEZE PERIOD. So based on their wage structure these payments suggest that DURING THE WWAGE FREEZE PERIOD, the only way that this could happen is for Mr. Fay to have worked and extra 287.5 days, and for Mr. Maymon to have worked 220.89 extra days. Somehow, I just cant reconcile that math.

That number does not reflect the rest of the department and does not reflect the command staff. It is just a sampling of the retirees from Nov. of 2016.

Does anyone really believe that this department is being managed in a fashion that is in the best interest of the taxpayers, or is being managed by persons that have an understanding of finances ? I THINK NOT!