Can't the Budget Commission FREEZE all salaries for East Providence City and School employees?

I don't think freezing wages and salaries for all municipal employees is the answer. Let's face it, the prior school committee stuck it to the taxpayers at the school administration level as they went out pouting over their failure to be re-elected. While there is plenty of blame to go around with past and present school committees this was a final slap in the face.

One additional piece which shows the arrogance of the city's school administration is Daft, showing up with a "blank" evaluation form for the individuals affected. Anyone that has spent time in any sort of management position in the buisiness world knows that performance objectives and individual goals are set up the year prior to an evaluation. What are these goals and objectives? If an employee has truly met some or all, they would be eligible to receive a portion or full increase...however, knowing the hjinx that have gone on in this city over the year's I would be more than willing to bet that these forms will now be completed to show objectives and performance results that show everyone acomplished one-hundred percent. While there are many good employees, no one group of employees in any business all perform at 100%.

Daft has drunk the cool-aid, and has become one other public employee that is trying to stick it to the taxpayers.

Thank you for Mr. O'Keefe and the commission keeping an eye on every aspect of this cities finances. Hopefully they have the power to squash this scam.

Daft should be fired! This is just one example of how inept he is for his position. Can you imagine any evaluations being brought to the table blank and actually expect raises to be given out like candy. You will NEVER fix the East Providence School System with morons running it!

With the tough economic times we are still talking about raises. Bent over is correct that this city can not get out of its own way. They should have pay freezes across the board in the city. There is no money people! People are moving from this city in droves because of the poor schools and taxes. Why would anyone want to come here.

Zarembka you family works here!

sorry missed the R on the word your):

Crazy
All these titles, looks like a hospital flow chart. Talk about top heavy management
PS Daft has to go. The guy is way beyond his reach

These contracts are NUTS!!! The last school committee along with Joe Larissa stuck it to us taxpayers big time!!!
Why is it that there are 2 "conflict resolution officers", both doing the same job but one is $60K+ the other is "only" $55K....and then a TRUANT OFFICER who works only 2 days a week earns $30,000
UNBELIEVABLE

Its bruce rogers that will save all of us ! T A X P A Y E R ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

When we are all suffering from a failing economy, increasing taxes, loss of jobs, and shrinking wealth and salaries, the last thing anyone in the city administration should expect is a raise. This issue is obscene. The city faces bankruptcy, and these clowns want a bigger piece of the cake. GET RID OF THEM AND GET SONE HARD WORKING PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF SACRAFICE.

shut up ARTHUR DOLLOFF ! you would give aspirin a headache !!!!!!

What's the matter the truth hurts! You have diarrhea of the mouth! blah blah blah.................................................! you ever shut up!

No, small minded imbeciles like yourself are the problem with this country, it seems that if required to speak beyond sixth grade skill levels you are hard pressed to have an intelligent discourse on any manner. I will not continue to berate your blabber as I feel it is improper to take advantage of those with diminished capability to communicate in a constructive manner.

Arthur Dolloff is correct. Once again the taxpayer gets thrown under the bus by union leadership and cowardly politicians. With this kind of mismanagement more people will leave and property values will continue to decline making matters even worse.

I've got a question, I thought we consolidated IT, so why are we paying IT Technicians and a Network Administrator on the school side?

The high school administration needs to be flushed. The uncaring and incompetent principal and CTC director need to be replaced. They're talking raises? Unbelievable!!!

Exclusive!

http://everythingpoliticalineastprovidence.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/may-31st-budget-commission-meeting-exclusive-footage/

And none of the salaries above reflect their longevity payments and other "benefits".

Further to the insanity in the school department, don't we pay these people to get their degrees on the taxpayers dime so we can pay them more for the same lackluster job performance ????

It just never ends. Do these people ever get embarrassed? How do they show their faces in town.....oh they live in Mass where they send their children to school. When does it stop. We will have to wait for the commission to fix this too just like the libraries. The questions is will the average taxpayer be able to hold on until the commission can fix this broken city.

Ed Daft doesn't belong in the superintendent's position, He has neither the energy, devotion, mental capacity, common sense, nor vision to succeed in the role. He was thrust into it by a school committee that wanted to "clean house" at the teacher union's direction. Daft has demonstrated his incompetence over the years and should never have been placed in such an important position. Any evaluation system will work fine so long as the organization's leader requires those being evaluated to identify system-improvement objectives at the beginning of the evaluation period and to actually achieve those improvement objectives by the end of the period - then a raise might be in order. From news reports, it appears the school evaluation system is sound. It's just that Daft once again showed his incompetence when he failed to enforce the correct procedure.

According to news reports? What news reports? According to my daughter, some of the best teachers at the high school received bad evaluations because the principal doesn't like them. I had the displeasure of sitting in a meeting with the principal last week and she was totally inept. It's no wonder that the bathrooms are all locked since the principal has no control.

Tax Payer
I have a Sister-In-Law that is a teachers aid...take a look at the city budget and see how much they get paid...I can tell you not much...and in addition, they are not on salary and only get paid for the hours they work. you should do your homework before making assumptions.

Haven't heard a bout this issue in quite some time...whatever happened with this...hopefully these raisers were not given...does anyone have an update??