Follow Up Data for Onset Fire Department
Very slowly information is being extracted regarding the true costs of running the Onset Fire District, through filing of Freedom of Information Act requests. Source: Onset Fire District Records Officer.
The District spent a great deal of money on a lawyer to tell us that they are not about to give us public information. The irony is that they just completed collective bargaining negotiations, and should have had all of this information collected and in use for negotiations.
Some information gleaned from this request:
The health and dental insurance benefit is very generous. When considering total "pay" salary plus benefits plus retirement must be considered together. Each current employee and a Prudential Committee member receive the benefit of $745.00 a month for a single plan or $1,986.00 a month for a family plan for medical only.
The Onset Fire and Water District has 85 employees.
The Paid Leave benefits are as much as 33 days a year (6 1/2 work weeks).
Sick Leave becomes a cash payment and a "Golden Parachute" paid out at retirement at the employee's rate of pay at retirement, not the value when the time was earned. Many employers have done away with this provision believing that sick leave is for when an employee (or family member) is sick, not to boost income and retirement. The cost of this to the taxpayers is not revealed.
The District spent a great deal of money on a lawyer to tell us that they are not about to give us public information. The irony is that they just completed collective bargaining negotiations, and should have had all of this information collected and in use for negotiations.
Some information gleaned from this request:
The health and dental insurance benefit is very generous. When considering total "pay" salary plus benefits plus retirement must be considered together. Each current employee and a Prudential Committee member receive the benefit of $745.00 a month for a single plan or $1,986.00 a month for a family plan for medical only.
The Onset Fire and Water District has 85 employees.
The Paid Leave benefits are as much as 33 days a year (6 1/2 work weeks).
Sick Leave becomes a cash payment and a "Golden Parachute" paid out at retirement at the employee's rate of pay at retirement, not the value when the time was earned. Many employers have done away with this provision believing that sick leave is for when an employee (or family member) is sick, not to boost income and retirement. The cost of this to the taxpayers is not revealed.
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