Ocean City Employees want a union. Do they really need a union. Look what happened when police & fire/emt got their collective bargaining.
Look at the top 100 salaries as of 2009. If anyone needs a union it's the restaurant and hotel employees not the government workers. These salaries don't include all the benefits.
CITY MANAGER ...............173,404.80
CITY MANAGER ...............173,404.80
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ......152,669.64
FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR ......146,860.93
CITY ENGINEER ..............146,860.43
CHIEF OF POLICE ............144,676.89
RECREATION/PARKS DIRECTOR ....140,321.75
PLANNING & COMM DEV DIRECTOR .140,321.46
EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR ..140,150.34
FIRE MARSHAL ...............135,445.22
POLICE CAPTAIN..............132,617.77
POLICE CAPTAIN..............126,743.38
POLICE CAPTAIN..............123,803.60
POLICE CAPTAIN..............123,328.39
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIR .121,828.01
GENERAL SERVICES DIRECTOR ..118,892.80
PW SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER...118,541.49
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR .......116,773.06
FIRE/EMS DEPUTY CHIEF ......116,561.04
TRANS SUPER.................114,746.27
PW DEPUTY DIRECTOR .........114,400.00
RISK/CLAIMS MANAGER.........113,846.15
POLICE OFFICER .............113,654.21
POLICE SERGEANT.............112,902.18
WASTEWATER SUPERINTENDENT...112,553.76
POLICE LIEUTENANT...........111,060.18
CONVENTION CENTER DIRECTOR .110,441.00
POLICE LIEUTENANT...........110,198.26
POLICE SERGEANT ............110,147.23
HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR ....110,000.73
GOLF SUPERINTENDENT ........109,193.03
ELECTRONIC SERVICES MANAGER 108,953.07
POLICE LIEUTENANT...........108,715.45
FF/EMS 2ND LIEUTENANT ......108,455.06
POLICE CORPORAL ............107,896.52
POLICE LIEUTENANT ..........106,798.83
POLICE LIEUTENANT ..........106,174.58
POLICE LIEUTENANT ..........106,101.83
FIRE MARSHAL/DEPUTY CHIEF ..106,079.84
PW CHIEF DEPUTY DIRECTOR ...106,004.49
BUDGET MANAGER .............105,817.00
POLICE SERGEANT.............105,732.65
RECREATION/PARKS ASST DIRECTOR .....104,114.08
POLICE SERGEANT ............103,951.94
ASSISTANT FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR ..103,947.78
FF/EMS 2ND LIEUTENANT ......103,433.64
POLICE SERGEANT ............102,788.29
CONVENTION OPERATIONS MANAGER ..102,432.47
POLICE SERGEANT ............102,018.75
POLICE LIEUTENANT ..........101,634.12
POLICE LIEUTENANT...........100,815.17
CONVENTION SALES/MARKETING DIR .100,139.11
PW MAINTENANCE MANAGER .....99,171.67
POLICE LIEUTENANT ..........98,584.78
FIRE/EMS ASSISTANT CHIEF ...98,468.62
FIRE/EMS LIEUTENANT ........98,331.83
SPECIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR ....98,066.39
FIREFIGHTER/EMT IV..........97,917.85
POLICE SERGEANT ............97,392.00
POLICE OFFICER .............97,305.75
POLICE SERGEANT ............97,201.11
FF/EMS 2ND LIEUTENANT ......97,141.47
PW CONSTRUCTION MANAGER ....97,086.10
POLICE CORPORAL ............96,578.88
CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL ....96,363.51
POLICE SERGEANT ............95,965.90
FIRE/EMS LIEUTENANT ........95,884.27
POLICE OFFICER FIRST CLASS .95,668.59
FIREFIGHTER/EMT IV .........95,494.39
POLICE SERGEANT ............94,559.79
PARKS SUPERINTENDENT .......94,112.25
POLICE OFFICER FIRST CLASS .93,961.25
FIREFIGHTER/EMT IV .........93,443.18
FIREFIGHTER/EMT IV .........92,126.79
FIREFIGHTER/EMT IV..........91,928.81
CITY CLERK .................91,743.69
FIREFIGHTER/EMT IV .........91,729.54
FF/EMS 2ND LIEUTENANT.......91,605.78
POLICE OFFICER FIRST CLASS..91,518.83
POLICE CORPORAL.............91,497.41
COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION MGR 91,437.76
FIREFIGHTER/EMT IV..........90,818.71
ENGINEERING MANAGER ........90,641.28
GOLF PROFESSIONAL/MGR ......90,572.99
FIRE/EMS CAPTAIN............90,504.00
FIRE/EMS CAPTAIN............90,503.90
FIRE/EMS CAPTAIN............90,503.85
POLICE CORPORAL.............90,248.81
POLICE CORPORAL.............89,220.94
FIREFIGHTER/EMT IV..........89,103.53
FIREFIGHTER/EMT IV..........89,016.33
POLICE CORPORAL.............88,997.91
POLICE SERGEANT.............88,981.66
POLICE SERGEANT.............88,804.80
POLICE OFFICER FIRST CLASS..88,680.56
FIREFIGHTER/EMT IV..........88,444.03
FIRE/EMS CAPTAIN............88,275.08
TOURISM DIRECTOR............87,687.86
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Do they have anyone that can run and manage a waste water treatment plant?
ReplyDeleteIf Salisbury is paying a high dollar department head, AND someone that can operate our WWTP, it might be cheaper to pay more, to get a better department head that can operate the WWTP! Then we wouldn't also have to be paying an outsource to operate our WWTP?
Does Salisbury also have a city engineer (like OC) that also can't operate the WWTP?
If that's the case, both are worthless, public works director and the city engineer!
No wonder for my 2 bedroom,1bath condo my taxes are over $3000 a year!
ReplyDeleteDude, the union that is trying to form is for the "general" employees. You need to exclude Fire, Police, and EMS from the list. They already are unionized and should not have been included. Maybe you need to investigate further before putting this crap out there and getting everyone hyped up!
ReplyDeleteDude, (12:41) can't you read. Post clearly states "Look what happened when police & fire/emt got their collective bargaining."
ReplyDeleteEveryone is already aware that the Fire Police and EMS are already unionized as that is why there is such a distaste for them among the general public.
Minimum wage has a nice ring to it.
ReplyDeletecracking up here 1:04
ReplyDeleteYou actually expect some of these knee jerks to read first before commenting hahahhaaa
When I look at DelmarvaNow I see they still need a proof reader, and/or they need to stop using interns.
Minimum wage is what they pay Scranton,Pa public workers!
ReplyDeleteThe police department non-commissioned officer's salaries are so high becuase of overtime. The chief of police in little Ocean city makes more then most of her counterparts across the state that have over 1,500 officers. I will say that the pd retirement sucks, hopefully they are socking away some of that extra pay.
ReplyDeleteDam.
ReplyDeleteIf unions can get that kind of salaries for the employees, WCDC most definitely need a union.
This "too many chiefs not enough indians" syndrone was allowed to proliferate when the current council minority was the majority. Voters spoke and now we have a council who understands finances, economics and the fact that the good times are over and the money ain't rolling in like it was.
ReplyDeleteI'll take the job of RECREATION/PARKS DIRECTOR @ $140,321.75. That's incredible.
ReplyDeleteI'll do a better job for half that amount.
ReplyDeleteLike nearly all of the positions.
Worcester County is (and has been for many, MANY years) ruled with an Iron Fist via an Oligarchic Government.
ReplyDelete@ 2:27..I bet you (as well as nearly 100% of us) wouldn't mind making over $91k (over $44/hour!!!) being the city clerk either. What a JOKE! Who do you need to know to get that job "Mighty Mayor (or is it "King" Meehan") Meehan"???...who NEVER (and I mean NEVER!) has any competition when he runs for his ever-so "prestigious" Mayoral seat.
Then you got jokers such as "King" Meehan, city council members such as Joe Hall who can't even spell & belittles tourists, & Bud Church, constantly WHINING that there are shortfalls in their budgets. WHO pays? The underpaid & overworked hard workers that are paid teensy-weensy wages by bullying employers within hostil work environments, and the out-of-town property owners & tourists who they surely deem as SUCKERS! These greedy, SHAMEFUL, and selfish SHYSTERS increase property taxes & tack on more fees for naive tourists to pay in order for them to be able to party it up with their friends at the area bars and pay their mortgages for their flashy McMansions.
Most of the "elite" members in Worcester County's & Ocean City's local governments who FREQUENTLY frequent the area's bars are a DISGRACE and are worthy of no respect whatsoever!
I dont understand how the list is showing a PFC Officer making 90k even with overtime that number is way off. Starting salary for newbies and let alone lateral transfers I am sure is in the mid to upper 40k range.
ReplyDeleteYeah, those restaurant workers should be making as much as the police! Lives are in danger every day when you're serving burgers to tourists.
ReplyDeleteGive me a break. Police earn every penny of their salaries!
OC pays bus drivers a decent rate. Unfortunately, they hire SO MANY drivers that it's tough to get more than 3 days work. Some of their "supervisors" though are such jerks that many long term drivers are quitting. Mention the name "Frank" to them and their blood boils. He is a jerk and every passenger on the bus witnesses his "bedside manner".
ReplyDeleteHey 8:33...what EXACTLY do you define as "DANGER" in O.C.? Busting jaywalkers, underage drinkers, speeding drivers, kids skateboarding, or tourists illegally parking?
ReplyDeleteQuit your WHINING! Lets see you in action dealing with REAL danger you WHINER, such as the DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City (even Salisbury) & other MAJOR metropolitan cops who deal with MAJOR felonious crimes & deal with DANGER on a daily basis & get MURDERED often you big BABY! Let me ask you this, "Mr. Crime Fighter"...when was the last time an O.C. cop was murdered or even has to deal with a "DANGEROUS" crime??? Look at their salaries you hypocrite.
As a former & occasional restaurant worker, I KNOW that we/they work harder than you...YEAR-ROUND! We bust our asses YEAR-ROUND buddy.
Last question for you to answer to all of us listening is...what the hell do you for work to be deserving of your WAY OVERPAID salary that tourists & OC property owners foot the bill for during 9 loooooong months from September through May to??? My bet is...NOT TOO MUCH!
I agree with 7:41. Someone needs to run against meehan for mayor. This guy has made hundreds of thousands of dollars representing developers in their real estate projects (sailors watch, mariners watch, coral seas, bella vista). Do you think he would have got the listings on those projects if he weren't the mayor. To me it's a big conflict of interest.
ReplyDelete8:33.
ReplyDeleteYup, gotta keep the mercenaries loyal so they keep buttering the bread while scamming tourists.
So being assaulted daily by drunken teenagers is not dangerous? Join the real world, you clearly no know nothing about law enforcement.
ReplyDelete8:58...they're young & dumb TEENAGERS who carry no weapons.
ReplyDeleteThe police are equipped with heavy duty weapons such as clubs, guns, & now tasers to defend themselves against these drunk ding-dongs who can barely in most cases. Seems obvious to all of us how lopsided it is in regards to the ammunition the police possess vs. "drunken teenagers."
We CLEARLY are VERY knowledgeable about police enforcement.
Many people TOTALLY agree with you 7:41.
ReplyDeleteOcean City's mayoral position is comparable to that of a dictator since he never has any competition.
If anyone DARES to have the "audacity" to run against Meehan, he has a TON of "Good Ol' Boy" friends such as 7:41's references below of---
"This guy has made hundreds of thousands of dollars representing developers in their real estate projects (sailors watch, mariners watch, coral seas, bella vista)"
8:58 What a joke!
ReplyDeleteIs that all ya got?
"assaulted by drunk teenagers"?
Who exactly is doing the assaulting?
The chumps in blue.