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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittal-Presentation-Javier Ortiz, FOP VPFiscal Year 2012-2013 TED IN 0 THE PUBUC ECORD FOR ITEM NA4. ON 0 .42., /2- 40056 -Suarrifta.1 , F07 vr? 0 Javier Orl7z We've een here efore: • 2009: $io,000,000 in concessions to avert layoffs. e 2010: $2o,000,00o in recurring wage and benefit savings to the City after "fiscal urgency" declaration ($6o,000,000 to date). O 2011: sii,300,000 in concessions. o Again in 2012???? You are asking for another $9,000,000 in concessions. Fourstraight years a $94 3oo O tab for the F bargaining nit so f r. Submitted into the public record in connection with items NA.2 on 07-26-12 Priscilla A. Thompson City ripri, fl In tae last 4 years, Miami police officers :lave lost $2®, $2O,O1,OOO in wa es al ne - not including -3 enefi Estimated 'olice and Fire pension costs to the City lave been cut in half! Submitted into the public record in connection with items NA.2 on 07-26-12 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk s. su.n.c S t S 0 0 0 0 City Retirement Contributions FY 1998 to FY 2012 • See detail on net pad Submitted into the public record in connection with items NA.2 on 07-26-12 Priscilla A. Thompson ru". Sur pay and benefit cuts are funding the follow n o $3,695,00o for police cars we use to patrol your streets. $1,300,00o for uniforms and medical exams. This one's really offensive - $779,00o in overtime resulting from staffing shortages. In a few more years, will we just write the City a check every 2 wee <s???? Submitted into the public record in connection with items NA.2 on 07-26-12 Priscilla A. Thompson The to on Over the last 3 years: Average Miami police officer has lost $70o to $1,2oo er ont F in wages alone ! In order to save property owners $5- er month on their roperty tax bill! How much longer will 4,o 1® City e y es shoulder the burden of 15 ,000 h seholds £. ns countless usinesses? ice offic:Trs Submitted into the public record in connection with items NA.2 on 07-26-12 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk F s 0 Declines in home values and roperty tax "refor • Property owners paying less than ever. • o add insult to injury, you have decreaseat mLlage rates year after year. You've created your very own "fiscal urgency." Submitted into the public record in connection with items NA .2 on 07-26-12 Priscilla A. Thompson he Facts. 66% percent of Miami's residences are not owner - occupied. Who exactly are you trying to help? 0 A renter who pays $7oo/month in rent isn't going to pay $695 if his landlord gets a $5/month tax reduction. Unfortum tely, -3 lice fficers' 1 ale it. e save s5/an nth Tteii to their -tom nc t eir Submitted into the public record in connection with items NA.2 on 07-26-12 Priscilla A. Thompson h so Have the moral courage to set the recor. strai e ucate your constituents: roperty taxes are alreadylow (tied to home values.) Renters pay no property tax. o Florida has no state income tax. Ike the tii ecisions you know to eriht 1 Submitted into the public record in connection with items NA.2 on 07-26-12 Priscilla A. Thompson e ass Your taxpayers will get the police department they're willing to pay for. It's not a threat - it's simple economics. You understand this concept when you shop f�r a car, clothes, and food. Police services are no different. Cheap labor never built a good car. • Cheap labor will never provide good police service. It should come as no surprise that crime is on the rise. Submitted into the public record in connection with items NA.2 on 07-26-12 Priscilla A. Thompson o cT Well, that was quite a run... 6 0 30 3 .401111 Miami -Dade houses Source: Hanks, Douglas. A new streak begins after Miarni-Dade's real estate meltdown. The Miami Herald. July 19, 2012 Submitted into the public record in connection with items NA.2 on 07-26-12 Priscilla A. Thompson Average ife Expectancy of a Florida Police Officer: 62.4 years. Average Life Expectancy of the Florida General Pooulation: 74.2 years. No Social Security! Contrary to popular myth, we also contribute to our pensio so Source: Brevard County Sheriff, J.R. Parker. Florida Mortality Study: Florida Law Enforcement and Corrections Officers compared to the Florida General Population. 17 October zon. Submitted into the public record in connection with items NA.2 on 072-12 Priscilla A. Thompson s s C nt°nue Number of Deaths Law Enforcement & Corrections Officers compared to Florida's General Population 300,000 300 250,000 — 250 200,000 200 150,000 150 100,000 100 50.00 Florida's General • Population Age at Death 6'7 Ss IS' 0 t5' Age at Time of Death Legend FRS Special Risk 0 0 Gen Population tae Source: Brevard County Sheriff, J.R. Parker. Florida Mortality Study: Florida Law Enforcement and Corrections Officers compared to the Florida General Population. 17 October zon. Submitted into the public record in connection with items NA .2 on 07-26-12 Priscilla A. Thompson ® j is S 0 You have the power to take the first steps necessa once again. inspire the Miami Police Department: ® Real "shared sacrifice." An extra few dollars a month in property taxes kick one family out of their home. o Increase the millage rate. Honor the status quo . rovlsions of t he current co:lective Jargalnln;, agreement. Unfreeze pay steps for all bargaining unit members. ill not 0 Submitted into the public record in connection with items Nq,2 on 0707 Priscilla A. Thompson is c I Y Don't repeat tle 2010 exo us. Your police officers will retire and resign in droves they did it before, and they'll do it again. If you're not looking out for their best interests, they'll do it on their own. For once in this City, let's be forward -thinking and create solutions that will ensure the City will be around for another 115 years! Your employees didn't create this fiscal crisis. We shouldn't have to pay or it. Submitted into the public record in connection with jitems NA.z on 07.26-12 Priscilla A. Thompson City rk .I, in increasing t ie n l lage rate is rignt thin to do, nnoraily n fisca ly speakin{ y fcellow police fficers have lre °' y sacra enou,F We ar not a revenue source. You don't pay you Collect unpaid property taxes. Collect unpaid rent on City properties. Pursue foreclosable liens. ce ay use We Submitted into the public record in connection with items NA.z on 07-26-12 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk In 2o09, I was asked to "Eig deeper" in order to save t e City, and avert layoffs. We've been digging our own graves ever since. Every year we are told to just dig a little more so that we can be fine the following year. How much more are we expected to dig???? 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