City professionals released a fact sheet highlighting how the city could save millions with greater contract oversight. Private contractors command hourly rates that exceed hundreds of dollars an hour for services city professionals represented by SEIU Local 721 do for much less.
Click here to view the report: Fact Sheet_Rate of Private Contracts Climbs.pdf
The report details compensation rates for the consultant Black and Veatch, among others:
- $394 hourly for a “Principle in Charge”
- $255 hourly for a “Project Manager”
- $216 hourly for a “Senior Engineer”
City Professionals also addressed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the Executive Employee Relations Committee and released the details of a contract proposal that would generate $5 million annually in savings by ending contractor inefficiencies, ending furloughs, increasing medical benefit co-payments and expanding retirement contributions for employees.
For more than 14 months, 1,700 city professionals who joined SEIU Local 721 have worked without a contract and are seeking a resolution to negotiations.
So what we are saying is that some contractors pull in (before taxes) roughly $819,520 anually. Thats just crazy! That is enough to fully fund our GM with Animal Services both AGMs we had as of 2 months ago, and hire on about 5 new Animal Care Technicians or 18-20 new Animal Care Technicians (enough to fully staff a new animal shelter and bring the other 6 shelters up to normal staff levels for safety). All for one position? If Ron Galperin could see this Im sure he would have some things to say to the CAO & Mayor about fiscal efficiencies and their responsibility to be good custodians of their constituants’ tax dollars.