05-30-09, Hal Weber Comments on Closed Door Salary Negotiations

Here we go behind closed doors again folks, where the public cannot see or hear how Mayor Frank Quintero and City Council Members John Drayman, Laura Friedman, Ara Najarian and Dave Weaver represent (???) you!

– A G E N D A –

GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL

JUNE 2, 2009

1. CLOSED SESSION – 1:00 p.m.

a. Conference with labor negotiators. The Agency designated representatives attending closed

session are: James Starbird, Robert McFall, Scott Howard, Bob Elliot, Matt Doyle, Yasmin

Beers, and Randy Adams. The names of the employee organizations are: the Glendale City

Employees Association, Glendale Police Officers Association, and Glendale Management

Association.

You can be sure there will be no concessions regarding the major reason for Glendale’s financial crisis, the outrageous retirement pay and associated pension benefits guaranteed to members of employee associations. This is done in secret so there will be no public record of how contributions to council members affect negotiations with these organizations.

Because Glendale residents have allowed salary and pension contracts to be negotiated in closed session by council members who accept contributions from employee organizations, Glendale, like so many other government agencies, is on the road to a pension tsunami!

Hal Weber