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PARIS FIRE DEPARTMENT PAY RAISE PETITION • PETITION CERTIFIED - ELECTION TO BE HELD SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2002 EARLY VOTING AT PARIS CITY HALL WEST ANNEX, 150 SE 1'T STREET, NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10TH, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 5:00 AM UNTIL 5:00 PM • DISPUTE ABOUT FORM OF THE PETITION AND FORMAT OF THE BALLOT • CITY POSITION IS THAT FORM OF THE PETITION FILED BY THE COMMITTEE OF PETITIONERS WAS INVALID BECAUSE IT ESTABLISHED A NEW STEP SYSTEM AND CREATED POSITIONS THAT ONLY THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CREATE • CITY HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO FILE SUIT BECAUSE IT CANNOT SIMPLY AMEND THE PETITION ON ITS OWN TO CORRECT THE ERROR • CITY COUNCIL DETERMINED THAT NO ONE GROUP OF EMPLOYEES SHOULD RECEIVE A LARGER PAY INCREASE THAN THE REST, SO THE CITY NEGOTIATED WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS WITH THAT IN MIND AND OFFERED THE SAME INCREASE IN PAY TO ALL EMPLOYEES, IF FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE TO GRANT AN INCREASE JUDGE WILL RULE AFTER THE ELECTION - BALLOT PRINTED AS PRESENTED BY PETITIONERS • YES OR NO VOTE ON THE MINIMUM PAY FOR THE CLASSIFICATIONS AS PRESENTED • IF FIREFIGHTERS ARE SUCCESSFUL, THESE PAY INCREASES GO INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1, 2002 • PAY FOR INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS WOULD INCREASE BY 6.81% TO 28.80 %, DEPENDING UPON POSITION; OR FROM $6,009.90 PER YEAR TO $10,465.00 PER YEAR PER PERSON, AN AVERAGE 24.07% INCREASE • FIREFIGHTERS STATED THAT THEY HAVE HAD NO RAISES. WHEN CHALLENGED, THEY STATED THAT THEIR RAISES AVERAGED 1.7% PER YEAR BASED ON THE EIGHTEEN YEAR HISTORY OF BRET HOLBERT, FIREFIGHTER. BRET HOLBERT STATED THAT THIS WAS TRUE, BASED ON HIS STARTING PAY WHEN HE WENT TO WORK FOR THE CITY AND THE INCREASES ADDED UNTIL THE PRESENT ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN BRET HOLBERTS TOTAL BI- WEEKLY PAY: STARTING PAY IN 1984 = $15,866.00 CURRENT PAY IN 2002 = $33,552.06 (EXHIBIT A) TOTAL PAY INCREASE _ $17,666.06 $17,666.06 / $15,866.00 = 111.20 % INCREASE IN TOTAL PAY AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE IN TOTAL PAY: 111.20 % 118 YEARS = 6.17 ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN BRET HOLSERTS BASE BI- WEEKLY PAY ONLY: STARTING BASE PAY IN 1984 = $15,866.00' CURRENT BASE PAY IN 2002 = $30,784.00' (EXHIBIT B) TOTAL BASE PAY INCREASE _ $14,898.00• 'BASE PAY HISTORY ONLY. DOES NOT INCLUDE OVERTIME, CERTIFICATE PAY, LONGEVITY PAY, PATCH PAY, ETC. $14,898.001$15,866.00 = 93.78 % INCREASE IN BASE PAY AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE IN BASE PAY: 93.78 % / 18 YEARS = 5.21