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Uploaded: Sunday, December 23, 2012, 8:24 PM
Updated: Tuesday, December 25, 2012, 3:40 PM
Price steps down, District appoints interim chief
Operations chief will act as interim chief
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by Jessica Lipsky
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| After nearly seven years with the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District, Chief Richard Price will officially step down to run the PulsePoint Foundation. The District appointed Jack Barton as interim fire chief on Friday.
Price announced his retirement in January of this year but continued his duties as chief with virtually no pay and no benefits as a "volunteer." Barton, the District's operation chief, will begin his new role on Jan. 1, 2013.
Barton joined San Ramon Valley Fire in 1992 and has held the rank of firefighter, engineer, captain, battalion chief and, most recently, was appointed assistant chief of operations in 2012. He holds a degree in journalism from San Diego State University and is a California state fire marshal chief fire officer.
"Chief Barton has the skill set and institutional knowledge to lead the Fire District through this transitional time," said Fire District Board President Matthew Stamey. "He has full support from the Board and the entire agency; he is exceptionally well-qualified."
Formal recruitment for fire chief began in November and the Board is currently reviewing applications. The Board anticipates naming a new chief in early 2013.
According to a recruitment packet, the District is seeking a "visionary leader" with "uncompromising integrity." A salary is not listed on the packet, though Price's base salary in 2011 was $208,104, according to the District's finance supervisor.
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Posted by pillaging of tax dollars continues, a resident of another community, on Dec 26, 2012 at 12:44 pm 2011 compensation for Chief Price: $435,422. That’s quite a leap from the $208,000 mentioned in this article. Here is the link: Web Link
If you scroll across the letters at the top of the columns you will see a description of what each column represents. “ER” represents taxpayer contributions to the employee’s pension plan. In 2011 taxpayers contributed $149,475 to the Chiefs retirement plan. It appears that for every dollar of Base Salary earned taxpayers are paying an additional 75 cents plus toward pensions.
“MDV” represents the cost of health care: medical, dental, vision. The CalPERS Cadillac health care plan, for a family, was about $17,000 per year in 2011. The San Ramon Fire Protection District must offer the “Bentley” plan that comes with concierge services (including front of line privileges for all doctor visits). Many in this department are receiving medical benefits in excess of 30K annually.
Some employees are earning more in overtime pay than regular base pay. This has much to do with very generous OT policies that expand the traditional definition of what OT actually represents. See employees earning more OT than salary: Web Link
While I’m not sure who is charged with watching the store it appears that the tax dollars are going out the back door. These compensation numbers are ludicrous.
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