7 responses to “Friends with Benefits – Part 12 Kill OT?”

1. Lorne

   September 18, 2011

   The Council will be discussing this recent San Mateo County Grand Jury report during tomorrow’s meeting, which addresses escalating retirement benefit costs:
   http://www.sanmateocourt.org/documents/grand_jury/2010/roe.pdf
   Towards the end of the report, the Grand Jury recommends the following specifcally for Burlingame:
   the City Councils of Atherton, Brisbane, Burlingame, Daly City, Foster City, Millbrae,
   Redwood City, San Bruno, San Mateo, and South San Francisco by July 1, 2012:
   1. Explain in CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report) Management Notes, Annual Budget, or other appropriate document
   available to the public why full annual required OPEB (Other Post Retirement Employee Benefit, i.e, health care) payments are not being made.
   2. Explain in CAFR Management Notes, Annual Budget, or other appropriate document
   available to the public the city’s planned strategy for addressing accumulated unfunded
   OPEB retiree healthcare obligations.

2. Lorne

   November 13, 2011

   Legislative Analyst’s Office report on Gov. Brown’s recent pension reform proposal:
   http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-09/brown-plan-may-curb-california-pension-risk-analyst-says

3. Lorne

   November 18, 2011

   Not to beat on a dead horse, but interesting news (with possible national precedent/implications) from the state of Rhode Island:
   http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9R2RBOG0.htm

4. Rich

   November 18, 2011

   Thanks for the posts Lorne. Keep them coming.

5. Lorne

   November 21, 2011

   Council is voting on this proposal tonight:
   http://burlingameca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=26&meta_id=10025

6. Lorne

   November 22, 2011

   Just as a follow up, if anyone is interested in last night’s discussion of the aforementioned pension/health care MOU for Burlingame Association of Middle Managers, you can scroll directly to/click on agenda item # 8b. Interesting that the proposed 2- tier pension restructuring requires approval by the city’s other misc. employee bargaining units:
   http://burlingameca.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=124

7. SJM

   December 1, 2011

   At least we aren’t Stockton
   STOCKTON – In the annals of both labor and neighbor relations, a low point registered recently in Stockton, where the police union, feuding with the city manager, purchased the house next door to his.
   While the union publicly contemplated whom to rent the house to – a police officer or a family in need of subsidized housing, perhaps – the city accused police of intimidating and harassing City Manager Bob Deis, and complained in court when a police officer on a backhoe clipped Deis’ maple tree.
   “Him and his wife yelled at me all day long,” said Jose Ulloa, the officer who was using the backhoe. He said it was an accident.
   While the flagging economy and declining tax revenues have strained relations between public employees and local officials throughout California, hostilities in one of the nation’s most violent and budget-weary cities are approaching all-out war.
   Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/01/4091691/stockton-police-take-unusual-step#ixzz1fJE0cBmw