Speaker 2: Motion carries. Item 21 is a report from Human Resources. Recommendation two Adobe resolution approving the 2016 through 2019 MCU with the Long Beach Firefighters Association Citywide.
Speaker 1: Any public comment? Please come forward.
Speaker 5: Very good. I want to be brief. Is Suzanne is 21 connected with 22? And then, as I'm told, 17 is also connected with 22.
Speaker 0: Hmm.
Speaker 1: Mr.. Mr.. Parkin, you want to clarify briefly.
Speaker 4: Item 21 is the memo you for the Firefighter Association. Item number 22 is the miscellaneous labor groups and the city manager salary increase.
Speaker 5: Okay, I'll combine all three if I can in less than 2 minutes. I would make the suggestion that to you make it very clear to all groups within hours that are employed by the city of Long Beach in terms of their pensions, that there is a high probability that the city will not be in a financial position to honor those pensions. Within about those those that are retiring, say, eight, nine, ten years from now. Period. We're going to be bankrupt. All right. And we'll have to go through what cities do when they do that. Oh, in the last item, I think there's a typo here in number 17. I would. And my comments here are shaped by having observed and worked with and had the benefit of watching Jim HANKLA. Jerry Miller, certainly two of the most astute city managers the city has, as well as Sierra and Paper up in Los Angeles, though he they do not have a city manager. He functioned as a chief administrator for and it was regarded as one of the most highly efficient administrators in the state of California, if not the country. And with that in mind, that's my background to suggest you change it, to increase to decrease our city manager salary. My view is he's second rate. Peter principle selected by mayor are Bob Foster because he knew that he then more qualified assistant city manager could not nor would not be bullied. And you know, Foster's mentality, his approach is he wanted to bully someone and so he found something. And so my suggestion is you decrease the salary. Thank you.
Speaker 1: Thank you very much. There's a motion. Karen Andrews.
Speaker 5: Yes. First of all, I'd just like to thank everyone who was involved, you know, in this process, because our Long Beach firefighters, some of, you know, the probably the business employees that the things that they cover, which is medical and, you know, in emergencies. And I'm hoping that with this new agreement, we can move forward and focus on recruiting, you know, and keeping them staffed with a diverse workforce. And again, I want to thank everyone for participating in this.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Councilman Ranga. Any comments? Nope. See no other public comment? Please cast your votes.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, she carries 22.
Speaker 1: Mr. Charlie Parker. I'm sorry, Mr. City Attorney. It's late. 222 and 17 can be together separate.
Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the 2016-2019 Memorandum of Understanding with the Long Beach Firefighters Association.  (Citywide)