Well, the charter amendment that you refer to sets only the salaries for police and fire and it was upheld in a regular scheduled election in 2005. And it uses all cities in the state between 100,000 and 250,000 population, then the City throws out the highest and the bargaining unit throws out the lowest until 10 are left. So it’s really an average of the median like sized cities. And since it’s the average….some are lower paid than San Bernardino and some are Higher. The employees don’t always get raises, sometimes they get pay cuts. The firefighters average you listed is with overtimes since most firefighters are working between 96 and 120 hours per week because the City cut costs by not filling positions. Now they complain about the workers that are still there making too much to pick up the work load that keeps increasing? The union didn’t “rig” the charter, an informed public voted it in so politicians couldn’t reward unions for backing them with better contracts.

First, the true number based on the City’s own figures is that public safety comprises only 69% of the entire personnel expenditures compared to an industry average of 80%. Second, most police and firefighters are college grads and non make $250,000 per year. Only the City manager makes that kind of money in San Bernardino. Third, to get above the money that they are making (mostly the fire department since that’s who the City keeps pointing at) most are working an average of between 96 and 120 hours per week, every week of the year. A gas meter reader gets paid more per hour, they just work 3 to 4 times the hours.

The predictable result: Public safety costs now eat up three-quarters of San Bernardino’s budget. Average annual police pay is $95,000. Firefighters average more than $130,000. And last year, the city’s highest-paid employee was a police sergeant who made $317,179.

Given the city’s union-rigged charter, the only surprise about San Bernardino’s bankruptcy is that it didn’t happen sooner.

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