(Community Matters) Just spoke with Council member Leffingwell. He regrets responding to hypothetical questions and to any interpretation that he would support rescinding economic development contracts. Lee reminded me that he was an active Prop 2 opponent. I knew this, appreciated it and couldn’t reconcile today’s AAS report with that fact. He didn’t rule out (in fact reinforced that he might), however, approaching businesses about voluntary opportunities to amend contracts.
Additionally, he too would ask EMS and police officers to forgo their 2% contracted pay raises if the City’s financial situation deteriorates. He notes that firefighters are not currently under a contract and so will not be receiving any pay raises in the currently proposed budget. Lee notes that police, EMS and firefighters are the highest paid in our state because of a 2% premium contract negotiated in ’03 and ’04. This provision doesn’t exist in current contracts.
I appreciate Council member Leffingwell’s clarification.
Community Matters 