January 7, 2021
The local legislation delegation will hold a public hearing next week to discuss items that may go before the Florida Legislature this session.
The delegation will consider local bills, including an act that would implement term limits and oversight of the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority. The delegation will discuss legislative action ratifying the negotiated terms, requirements and amounts of the pension plan and collective bargaining agreement between the City of Pensacola and the International Association of Firefighters, Local 707.
Delegation members will also hear presentations from government entities, organizations, and take public comment on proposals for the 2021 regular session of the Florida Legislature.
Brook Park approves three-year police union contracts
Updated Dec 27, 2020;
Posted Dec 27, 2020
Police unions in Brook Park will work under a three-year contract that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2021.
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BROOK PARK, Ohio – After a long process during an unusual year, three-year union contracts for Brook Park Police Department patrol officers, sergeants, and lieutenants have been approved.
City Council approved the contract with Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 15 patrol officers on Dec. 22, and the Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association contract for police sergeants and lieutenants on Dec. 23. The contracts will be in effect Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2023.
Council members approved one-year contracts in March 2019. At that time, Mayor Mike Gammella cited the need “to increase revenues without raising taxes … and to see where we’re at in a year.”
Friday, December 25, 2020 - 5:57 pm
OGDENSBURG City Manager Stephen Jellie is firing back at a recent open letter from Ogdensburg Fire Dept. Union President Jason Bouchard, which Bouchard says he wrote in response to claims Jellie has made for his attempts to downsize the fire department.
Jellie claims a $131,000 cost per firefighter, not counting operating costs. This is strictly the cost of paying each firefigher, Jellie said. This cost is not reasonable with the means afforded to the city and it is not sustainable without sacrificing all other city services and infrastructure; including the critical equipment needed to provide fire protection. Applying for and accepting grant funds (federal or state) for services well beyond what is reasonable and responsible is absolutely irresponsible and reduces our credibility when we apply for these funds in times that we really need them; we will not do that, the city manager said.
As a full-time firefighter, Macomb Township Sgt. Jason Dumas has found that whenever someone needs help, they call the fire department: Whether that need is for someone to fight fires, rescue cats from trees, or provide financial assistance during lean times. And firefighters are always ready to answer the call, even during a holiday in the middle of a pandemic.
âWe try to do as much as we can to help the community, whenever we can,â Dumas said.
The 27 members of Macomb Township Professional Firefighters Local 5023 provided about $2,000 this holiday season to assist three families in need, Dumas said. The full-time firefighter union, part of the an International Association of Firefighters, has a general fund that includes specific designated funds for charity.
ebevins@newsandsentinel.com A fund title “Ciara’s Grace” was recently created by Boxers Bed and Biscuits in honor of Ciara Petri, a former employee who recently passed from cancer. This fund will help people whose pets are in life and death situations. (Photo Provided) Ciara Petri was an employee at Boxers Bed and Biscuits who recently passed from cancer. Her final wishes were to help animals so a fund was set up in her honor to help people pay for veterinary costs for their pets in life or death situations. (Photo Provided) Deanna “DeeDee” Rosalie Carver Parkersburg City Attorney Joe Santer, right, is applauded by Councilmen Zach Stanley, front, and Jeff Fox and City Clerk Connie Shaffer during Tuesday’s council meeting, Santer’s last after serving as city attorney since 1998. (Photo by Evan Bevins)