Wednesday, August 3, 2016 – 08:30 a.m.
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputies and District Attorney Investigators have given their approval to a new three-year collective bargaining agreement.
The new deal, between the county and the San Bernardino County Safety Employees Benefit Association (SEBA), essentially grants a three percent salary increase per year, increases the annual uniform from $675 to $1,200, and increases the health insurance subsidy by $60 per month for families by year three of the agreement.
SEBA members were forced to give back approximately ten-percent in compensation during the Great Recession.
Those concessions, at this point, would appear to be long gone.
The new deal keeps employee compensation from falling further in comparison to other agencies. But it does little to recover lost ground.
The contract will go before county supervisors for their approval on August 9.
All San Bernardino County unions will likely face tougher sledding in future negotiations due to escalating retirement system costs facing taxpayers.
The whole dispute and outcome is a tragedy. The deputies deserve better.
And massive losses in lawsuits yet settled will again impact everyone despite the continuing mistakes of a few managers.
Managers , SEBA supports or has supported.
I think the Administrator is working on another story about huge settlement.
Los Angeles PD and SD settled 53 percent more than San Bernardino County in last 5 years Kenneth. Always going to be a cost for doing business. Look it up and stop preaching if you don’t believe me. Peace and love. God bless.
Why don’t you link your perceived facts Joe?
Your cost of doing business excuse is getting old.
You can’t seem to grasp those settlements are about protecting your corrupt buddies from testifying is the NUMBER ONE reason for settling.
You didn’t have that mindset when you were working.
It was YOU are a liability that’s why you’re not getting promoted was your line to people like Tim Smith.
Smith had 3 lawsuits pending and you were all butt hurt.
So go play your Hillary Clinton BS some where else.
#2, Cost of doing business? You mean fu@king up is ok?
If I go to McDonalds and they spit in my food, I record it, sue them and win, it’s just the cost of business for McDonalds?
Mills, “Zero Defects” is a term that you should research. When we were striving to go to the moon, it was the slogan for the space race when we were manufacturing the vehicles and other supporting infrastructure.
Currently, it appears that your former employer has adopted the “Many Defects” slogan and feels that paying out money that isn’t theirs to cover up or pay off the mistakes.
Kinda sounds like the US paying off Iran for hostage releases that is in the news today.
Mills sits in his closet making up shit. Mills is probably the most ignorant person on this thread. He upholds his dreams bout SBSD with his rendition of how it goes. No Mills the way McMahon’s group of so-called leaders do business is absolutely wrong. The lawsuits in our county are out of control compared to other departments. McMahon is over his head and has done a bad job.
Maybe you and Sharon can continue to uplift such corruption in government. We see it and you offer no facts to the opposition. We only point to the factual guilty court cases and video coverage by the news.
God bless and stop drinking. I saw you at WalMart and you look like a skeleton and stank.
SEBA is worse than having no Union at all. Dumb asses give away 10% 4 years ago and only get 9% back over the next 3 years….that puts them about 10% down at the end of this contract from where they actually should be….
#6 So how much did McMahon and his side kick Ramos give up and take in the last 5 years. Let’s throw in the CEO too. I am sorry, but I am laughing too hard. The executives give up money in the county………Lol
Security guard Sgt Milstar,
Yes if a McDonald’s employee spits in your food, yes that is a cost of doing business. How unfortunate it is, we are human beings. Mistakes, bad judgement, and straight out criminal acts occur. My point is simple. It don’t matter l, these incidents will always occur as long as human beings are involved. They have occurred since you started your security guard job and will continue forever. For the simple minds, there will always be municipalities and counties paying. It IS a cost of doing business. It can and never will be avoided. The bottom line is this county is 53 percent less liable than other counties/cities of equal proportions in the state so go bag on LA county. Seems like the more severe problem lies there. God bless.
Spin monkey mills spin you drunk.
Still waiting for your source of information Joe.
No problem in LA County Joe, Sheriffs officials going to prison.
Again the pay outs here are to protect the inept leaders.
If anyone has paid attention as long as they explain things like you do the jury awards will simply go UP!
Mills HAS NEVER PROVIDED FACTS on any topic, just his usual b.s. Nothing to see here Ken, his credibility is in the porta-potty…..lol
You want facts look them up boys. It ain’t hard. I’ve come to realize that no matter what I will post, it will be attacked by the same 5 people. If you have doubts about the payout amounts of San Bernardino vs Los Angeles, ask your boy Paul Scheader. He will tell you the same as any public records. I’m surprised he hasn’t prevented the millions of dollars of payouts. According to many here, your logic would make him liable just because. God bless.
James Mills:
As I read comment #22, you are comparing the combined settlements of the LAPD and the LA County Sheriff’s Department to the settlements paid out in San Bernardino County.
Los Angeles is the nations 2nd largest city and I believe that Los Angeles County is the most highly populated county in the nation.
I would think that the combined settlements paid out in that jurisdiction should be over 5,000% more than San Bernardino County, not 53% more. How is the 53% number a good thing?
Wow mills you dance all over the place. Five people have you pegged and know BS when they see it and smell it.
Mills, you really can’t believe what you wrote right????? The same five people?? I offered up absolute court documented facts and you went on “vacation”. You went blog silent, and as I have been following along I realize it happens often. When the proof comes out you go silent and come back when it quiets down. If you do get caught in the mix you bring up Mr. Holtz’ or Mr. Bauer’s career as a means to deflect. Your lawsuit notion as a cost of doing business is a joke. Have you ever sued a government agency or anyone at all? It is not as easy as it looks. There are a lot of rules. If the county settled, they were scared. Have you ever been deposed Mr. “Mills”??? It is some serious business, it is a court record and sets you up for a charge of perjury if you aren’t on your game. Officials would want to avoid it at all costs. There are a lot of questions that are fair game at a deposition, the scope is big. And they happen early on, so when the case eventually ends up at trial you are stuck with what you said. They give you a certain amount of time to affirm it and then you are stuck. And if facts contradict you, and you are now on the stand with your own words biting you in the rear, ha, good luck. I don’t think you have ever been to one have you? Like the Grand Jury, it is the big leagues. By all of your comments you seem small league to me.
Is this what you’re all excited about Joe comparing a 9,000 person department to 1,800 here? Or a 12 million population compared to 2.5?
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-county-litigation-20160114-story.html
Let’s see now there are two men who have been held accountable for most of this. One in prison the other will be there shortly.
New Sheriff from the outside has been elected.
You’ll note in the article NO ONE suggests it’s the cost of doing business either. Actually quite the opposite.
Notice the other public services potentially impacted? We should include employee pay raises to.
Heck this County just paid out $5 or was it $6 million to that gangbanger shot in the neck. The case where the DA tried to convict him on charges he didn’t committ to avoid liability.
We haven’t got the potential settlements in the jail scandal yet.
You being a bean counter in your day, concerned about the number of pencils being used every month and keeping within the station budget I find your comments HILARIOUS!
Just thrown shit out there Joe right along with the other pinheads in command.
When they go to court and prevail based on their great ability to articulate TRUTHFUL facts will be the day of recognition for them.
#12 mills as always no facts, just a dancing drunk monkey.
It would be nice to see only posting about the contract. All the arguments look stupid. You guys have good points but your posting in the wrong place.
Looks like a special snowflake is lurking in the background.
#18 Go sound off to someone at SEBA. You sound like Mills or Sharon.
@18 LOL that’s funny.
What contract?
LMAO this post is just a rerun from the past.
Nothing to see here move along.