Comments on: Santa Rosa picks interim fire chief for permanant job

By: Money Grubber

Money Grubber — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:21:50 +0000

Scott:

I also was wondering just exactly when kind of huge public pension the man will be drawing in the not too distant future.

No doubt his retirement pension will exceed the actual working wages of most California workers and probably by about twice or three times since the average CA worker earns about $60,000 a year.

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By: Where there's smoke

Where there's smoke — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:42:17 +0000

Let’s see if this is another musical chairs game of bump up the pension pay just prior to retirement that I have known others to take advantage of.
Can’t blame them, it’s a big carrot and perfectly legal.
We’ll see in a couple of years.

It would be interesting to see how many chiefs each California district has had over the past 20 years or so.

Too many chiefs and not enough revenue?

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By: Dante

Dante — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:14:45 +0000

Scott P. Neither one of those two listed work for the City of Santa Rosa. The list that pulls up for Santa Rosa’s top earners is actually Fremont.

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By: Scott P

Scott P — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:00:20 +0000

So he’s replacing a guy that made $225,251 BASE SALARY in 2008. Add in medical, dental, vacation and a guaranteed retirement where these guys contribute ZERO and he’s making well over $275,000 per year.

Public employees are the new rich of society. This places him in the top 1-3% of all wage earners in the US. For a fireman.

Perhaps the new chief will help us understand how one of his own can negotiate a union contract that permits him to make $88,000 in OVERTIME.

I recall the days when public service implied some sort of financial sacrifice to serve the greater good. The pay of these people is outrageous.

5 Martin, Bruce K Fire Chief Fire-Fire Admin $0 $225,251 Details

4 Pelley, Michael Fire Captain Fire-Operations Staffing $88,454 $227,606 Details

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By: good one

good one — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:43:03 +0000

How wonderful to see one of our own promoted! Good luck to Chief McCormick!

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By: Brown Act Jack

Brown Act Jack — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:29:46 +0000

No doubt about it I guess. After all the man has been working on the job for 20 years and I am sure he is full of new ideas he learned on the job and is willing to try out now that he is the chief.

Funny though how nothing seems to change very much when the future arrives, as it always does.

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