It Gets Even Better

Warwick, RI citizen group's Car Tax Revolt causes Mayor Avedisian And Co continual story adjustments regarding City Finances to choke on their own 'hanging petard' ropes!  Updates to MMN via Rob Cote (epic Revolting Job, Rob!) ...

The mayor published a statement in the Beacon yesterday indicating that the deficit was 900k and not 3.6 mil.  That is a 2.7 mil dollar difference.  If you are watching the finance director has continuously said on air thaey needed to make up 8.6 mil.   The city spending increased 5 mil and the deficit was supposedly 3.6 = 8.6 mil.  Now it seems that we are being overtaxed 2.7 mil due to the new figures.  Well, read the contract language below and you will see where it is going. the mayor has again, carefully fooled the residents by making the appearance that the unions gave concessions but the devil is in the details.

DETAILS:
According to the contracts negotiated by the mayor and ratified by the council in 2009 the following stipulation is contained in the language for the police and similar language in the fire and municipal contract, I would assume that previous agreed concessions will have to be paid back now that the city has generated additional revenue.
Now we know where the additional money from over taxing citizens will go. Will the municipal employees be repaid for furlong days taken? Will employees get refunds for additional co-pay in contract? Will firefighters get the additional pay for the 5% cut in pay for 4 months at end of 2009 year?
We need to get answers from the mayor and finance director.

Contract Language:

In following, the parties hereby agree that should the City become able to partialy or wholly fund the above-referenced Budget Shortfalls for the (current) Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2009 and/or the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2010 through the receipt or generation of additional revenue through:
(a) its receipt of any reinstatement of or new source of State of Rhode Island State Aid/revenue sharing,

(b) its receipt of any applicable funding from the Federal Government, or

(c) its reduction of applicable costs and expenses from the implementation of any legislatively and unilaterally reduced wages and benefits levels affecting those wages and benefits levels set forth in the parties' current 206-2009 CBA or the successor 2009-1012 CBA (i.e. such as those changes proposed in Article 33, Article 45, etc. of the Governor's proposed Supplemental Budget);

the parties will re-open negotiations concerning the 2009-2012 CBA in order to reinstate levels of benefits reduced in said CBA (i.e. the Holiday Pay and/or Clothing Allowance deferred in the 2009-2012 CBA) in amounts that are commensurate with the level of additional revenue received or generated.