PENSION OVERTIME
THIS IS MY OPINION ONLY MY CRYSTAL BALL TELLS ME 1) The City will pay BC/DC Extra Hours Retention Bonus from the Referendum Fund. 2) The City will no longer pay "overtime" to BC/DC, saving that amount from the General Fund. 3) Being a "Bonus" the City can discontinue this at anytime. 4) The City would be under no obligation to revert back to "straight time overtime" for BC/DC since they have now been classified at "exempt," just like Sr. Management. Welcome to the latest peak behind the green curtain. By now, we all are aware that the Fire Department is making Battalion Chief and Division Chief "extra time" pensionable. Under this proposal, Battalion Chiefs and Division Chiefs would no longer receive "overtime" for the overtime hours they work. Rather, they would receive this "Bonus" each quarter at the same pay rate that they would have ordinarily received for their regular pay. It