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DOLLARS AND SENSE?

By Emilio, on May 18, 2012

How does Watsonville compare to other similar cities in the region when it comes to salaries, unemployment rates, and performance?

After almost four years on the city council and having experience as a Human Resources (Personnel) professional I am of the self-serving opinion that I can evaluate some of our city staff’s performance. 

Compensation based on performance, what seems an antiquated and forgotten manner of conducting business in the public sector, could solve some our city’s problems. But, let’s take a look at some statistics to gather some insight before we venture into attempting finding a solution to our city’s financial looming crisis.  

Unemployment Rates

According to the 2012 Department of Labor statistics Watsonville has the highest unemployment rate in the entire state with a whopping 27.7%. El Centro used to hold the state title for the highest unemployment rate for the past few years with 27.2% until Watsonville pulled ahead this year. In comparison, Santa Cruz has an 11.5% unemployment rate and Gilroy has a 13.5% unemployment rate. 

Compensation Comparisons of City Employees (according to State Controller stats) 

City Managers  

Carlos Palacios, Watsonville $200,700.00 Unemployment Rate: 27.7%

From Gilroy $194,708.00 Unemployment Rate: 13.5%

From Santa Cruz $183,879.00 Unemployment Rate  11.5%

City Clerks

Beatriz Flores, Watsonville $110,000.00 27.7% unemployment rate

Santa Cruz $107,000.00 11.5% unemployment rate 

Gilroy $ 93,839.00 13.5% unemployment rate

Parks & Rec. Directors

Anna Espinosa, Watsonville $131,335.00 Ramsey Park in poor condition.

Gilroy $ 80,109.00 Gilroy has won more park design awards from the California Park and Recreation Society than any other city in California

Santa Cruz $159,111.00 32 parks-open spaces & the beach.

Have you been in either Gilroy or Santa Cruz lately? Gilroy just built a new large library, the city has manicured landscaping and gang violence has been remarkably reduced. Santa Cruz with its large city-type environment and Beach and Boardwalk is a national attraction. Watsonville? It has twice the unemployment rate of either Gilroy (pop. 52,000) and Santa Cruz (pop.59,000) our downtown is almost empty, it is littered, weeds grow uncontrollably throughout our city, and gang violence is escalating yet we compensate our city manager, city clerk and parks and recs director $442,036.00 annually? In contrast, Gilroy compensates their three $368,656.00 and Santa Cruz is paying their three only $7,955 more than Watsonville. 

What’s going on?  

City Manager Carlos Palacios

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One of the highest paid city managers in the region managing a city with the highest unemployment rates in the state? Does that make sense? In June 2010 the Grand Jury released their Report and investigated the missing 1999 KME fire truck, the Airport, our Redevelopment Agency, and Manabe-Ow. The report in my opinion made our city look we are infested with a mafia like mentality. Why our District Attorney, the State Controller’s office or the Attorney General has not stepped in to investigate our city is as much a mystery as to why they call them hemorrhoids instead of asteroids.  

This past year the city provided low interest loans to George Ow ($750,000) and Stella Romo ($400,000) with Redevelopment money under the auspice of creating jobs. 1.1 million dollars was given to these two individuals and not one job has been produced? Ms. Romo used the $400,000 for work on her Second St. building, but instead of hiring locally, she hired a San Jose construction company (San Jose Construction) to do the work? 

The missing fire truck? You really want me to rant about that some more? If you do you can read previous Fishing Reports.

City Attorney Alan Smith (old undated photo)

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In the past five years, the city has compensated City Attorney Alan Smith, on average, $235,000.00 annually. In addition the city provides Mr. Smith a “legal secretary” at a cost of $54,000 per year to tax payers. It is costing the city almost $300,000 for a city attorney? And, why is the city providing this independent contractor a secretary? 

Another one of my questions that has gone unanswered by Mr. Smith and Mayor Eduardo Montesino is why is it that Mr. Smith is compensated with an hourly wage instead of a salary? I pointed out in an e-mail to both Smith and Montesino page 16, Section 805 of the City Charter which states: “The compensation of all City officers and employees, except as otherwise provided in this Charter, shall be by salary to be fixed by ordinance or resolution.” Unless I am incorrect, City Attorney Smith is a city officer. I wouldn’t doubt that city attorney Smith is getting paid around $1,000.00 per city council meeting. 

But, three hundred thousand dollar is peanuts compared to the lawsuits the city has lost in the past 2-4 years. The city forked out approximately 1.1 million in legal fees to the Pilots Association, Friends of Buena Vista, City Attorney Alan Smith and the outside law firm the city hired to assist Smith when it lost its appeal after attempting to build housing near the airport. This did not include staff time. You would think the city would have learned a lesson, but nooooo, they went and attempted to approve a permit to build a cabinet shop near the airport. The pilots again took exception and took the matter to court, the city lost again, and they had to pay the pilots for their attorney fees. Another $50,000 down the legal drain.

The Santa Cruz Farm Bureau also sued the city for attempting to build housing on Atkinson Lane. The city lost again, but it seems that a mystery has been created about how much in legal fees that fiasco cost the city. 

We also don’t know how much it costs in legal fees when then mayor and now Assembly Member Luis Alejo decided it was a good idea to rename the downtown City Plaza Park after Dolores Huerta. We do know that so far the city has spent well over $80,000 in legal fees so Assembly Alejo could vote for his replacement on the city council. Not that there was a chance of anybody but council member Oscar Rios (Alejo’s choice) getting appointed, but hey, let’s really rub their noses in it. If the city loses the appeal on this one, it could cost them around $300,000 or more….just to prove a point? What a law maker, huh? And what about the legal advice-good legal advice usually saves money. Bad legal advice….cha-ching for the city attorney and his law firm? Time to pay our city attorney a salary? 

Solution?

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iso jpn In the real world, not just in the private sector, most employee evaluations are based on some type of rating, Excellent, Good, Fair, or Poor. I formulated a similar rating:

C (for average performance)

F (failure to adequately perform job duties)

U (under achieving)

D (deceptive ways of paying bandas with petty cash?)

K (knowledge of how to balance the budget with grant money?)

E (educated on how to hide a fire truck)

Because that’s what I think somebody is getting….And now they want to raise our water rates? Instead, how about a cut in pay for some city staff members until they improve their evaluation ratings? 

Annexation Without Representation?

By Emilio, on May 13, 2012

This Is The Op-Ed Column That I Wrote And Was Published In The Register-Pajaronian last Thursday (May 10th). --Emilio Martinez

City Council Member Daniel Dodge wanting to annex the 80 acre Sakata-Kett property may not be a bad idea. But, without knowing all the facts and the question of the actual intent of the annexation being brought to the forefront, we can almost be assured that it will take a court of law to once again render a decision.    

According to the 4/21/12 Register-Parjaronian article regarding the annexation proposal, County Supervisor Ellen Pirie was quoted that she thought that the initiative by council member Dodge has a broader goal-“a bid to lessen the restrictions on Manabe-Ow.” Supervisor Pirie’s observation may stem from several occurrences which have involved George Ow. 

The 2008 Specific Plan for the Business Park on the Manabe-Ow farmland property did not adequately inform the public that the primary funding for the project was going to be provided by our Redevelopment Agency (RDA), not by owner/developer George Ow. The Specific Plan also did not make any mention that the prime farm land property first would have to be designated as “blight” with legislative action to qualify for the needed RDA funds. The city council voted to move forward with the project on October 26, 2010 without knowing these important and critical facts according to the 2010-2011 Grand Jury report. I have to agree.   

Then there was the deal back in 2007 when Mr. Ow made over 1.3 million dollars after purchasing and quickly selling a Harvey West building to the County Office of Education (COE). According to an article in the Mid-County Post, (07/10/2007) Mr. Ow led them (The Post) to believe that he was selling the building to the COE for a discounted price because he wanted to support public schools. But what actually occurred was that seven weeks after purchasing the property for $5,680,000, Mr. Ow sold the Encinal building to the COE for $7 million, gaining a “tidy profit”. There is nothing preventing Mr. Ow from selling his farmland property instead of building a Business Park once the annexation is approved which will no doubt increase the value of his property.

What about the need of the 80 acre annexation for a Costco and other big box stores? We have been told via the news media and at city council meetings by City Manager Carlos Palacios that Costco has shown “a recent interest” of wanting to open a store but we have yet to see any documentation from Costco confirming that intent. And, according to a 2004 report by Coriolis Research, LTD, a marketing research firm from New Zealand, the “Costco Concept” targets a high end customer aimed at college educated households, with a $70,000 to $80,000 per year household income. Watsonville has not been able to shake off an unemployment rate of 20% or more for around a decade and the average income per households is around $48,000. Additionally, considering that Watsonville is basically surrounded by Costco stores in every direction except maybe west of here (the waters of Monterey Bay) what would behoove Costco to open a store in Watsonville? Are we being misled once again? 

Measure U, the Urban Limit Line, which will have to be modified to accommodate the Sakata-Kett annexation, was the defense utilized against the Pilots Association and the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau by the city when development of housing was proposed on Atkinson Lane and near the airport. The public was continually reminded that the “stakeholders” who had put in a considerable amount of time had spoken when they voted for Measure U and that their voice should not be disregarded. It took lawsuits by the Pilots Association and the Santa Cruz Farm Bureau, costing the city around 1.8 million dollars in legal fees alone, to prevent the proposed developments. It will be unfortunate if another lawsuit will be filed to determine the actual intent of the annexation and if Measure U should be upheld like the city demanded when it was to their benefit.  

Council Member Daniel Dodge challenged that if anybody has a better idea he is willing to listen. One idea I proposed soon after being elected was that we remodel Ramsey Park into a Sports Complex like the ones in Redding and Manteca which were built by the Field of Dreams Company. The intent being was to attract regional, state, and nationwide competitive youth soccer teams to play in Watsonville which in turn would attract tourists and businesses to our downtown. RDA money could have been used to fund the project, but the idea was not even considered. Today, Ramsey Park looks dilapidated and in dire need of general maintenance.  

Before we consider the annexation of additional farmland, the tax paying public first needs to trust that they are not once again being misled. Trust without transparency is not an option.   

IN THE SHORTS?-CITY COUNCIL NOTES

By Emilio, on May 9, 2012

Sometimes moments after you do something without giving it much thought, don’t you say to yourself, “what the hell was I thinking?” That was my thought after voting to approve allowing skaters access to all of our city parks at last night’s city council meeting.

I should have known something smelled fishy when I asked who came up with the idea to have the matter placed on the Agenda. The initial response was “(city) staff” but when I pressed on to determine the identity of “staff” City Manager Carlos Palacios finally coughed up the identity of the Agenda requester like a fur ball. “It was me…I did it” he said. 

So, here is the deal. If you want to skate in our parks you will have to wear safety devices like a helmet, knee pads and elbow pads which will run you around $75.00. If you get caught skating in Watsonville parks without these safety devices you will be hit with a fine. It will cost you $30.00 to skate in our city park that day. The city, which according to our mayor “Has no money” is going to fork out around $4,000 for signs to be placed in all parks warning skaters of the consequences. Four grand to be nice guys? You really believe that?

Do you think City Manager Carlos Palacios really cares about skaters having parks to skate more than collecting fines especially since “we have no money”?  How many skaters around town do you see with helmets etc.? I wonder, after getting hit with a $30 fine, how many skaters we will see in our city parks?  

And, here Council Member Nancy Bilicich, an elected official, is having difficulty having items placed on city council Agendas, but Palacios, an employee (under the auspice of “staff”) has his ideas immediately brought forth to the city council? 

Me, having an idea placed on the Agenda? I have a better chance of the Santa Cruz Sentinel quoting me correctly. 

For example, I came up with the idea that we contact the owner of the old bowling alley and ask if we could use the extensive parking lot for a skating park. The response was that maybe I should call him, but I would think that would be something for our city manager to do since, you know, he earns $200,000 per year. Can you imagine how that telephone call to property owner Charles Canfield would go? Probably something like this:

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“Hello”.

“Mr. Canfield, City Manager Carlos Palacios here…”

“Who?”

“Carlos Palacios…Watsonville City Manager.”

“Who is this?”

“Pal Acios…Carlos”

“Who are you calling?”

“Is this Mr. Canfield”

“Yes”

“Well I was wondering about you letting us use the bowling alley parking lot temporarily for a skate park”

“Who is this…is this a crank call?”

“No, this is Car…”

CLICK…dial tone. 

The $230,000 Question & Confidentiality? 

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 City Attorney Alan Smith, of the Grunsky Law Firm, (picture may be 10-20 years old) said he couldn’t answer my question when I asked if the city could be held liable if for example a skater ran over a child or an elderly person (something like that). He replied, in essence, that he didn’t know the answer and would have to do research. Wonder how much that research is going to cost a city with “no money”, but hey who cares? We have been paying our city attorney on an hourly basis around $230,000.00 per year for the past five years yet the City Charter states that “city officers” are supposed to be compensated with a salary. I have asked when and if an ordinance was passed that allows our City Attorney to be paid an hourly wage especially considering that most likely the only time City Attorney Smith is in a court room is as a spectator. Time to look into paying City Attorney Smith a salary?  

Hiding Transparency-or A Failure To Communicate?

Can you imagine that skating warrants a front page headline but the issue of transparency is buried somewhere and hidden? Yes, let’s skate right through the Agenda of City Manager Palacios wanting to start city council meetings at 5:30PM (instead of 6:30PM) when most citizens are still at work and some students in school, so maybe they can’t ask dumb questions like where has our 1999 KME fire truck been for the past three years and why is it spending more time in the service bay than in service.  Much to the obvious chagrin of City Manager Palacios, his idea got turned down with a 5-1 vote. The only vote Palacios got for his idea was from you know who:

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Is City Council Member Lowell Hurst thinking how he can better his Dyson capability in case Palacios were to bend over to retrieve a penny? 

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GATHER AROUND MY MUSHROOM FRIENDS

By netboots, on May 7, 2012

Tomorrow’s City Council Meeting will include a request by City Manager Carlos Palacios to begin city council meetings at 5PM instead of 6:30 PM when people are off work and can attend meetings to voice their opinions and concerns. 

Is City Manager Palacios attempting to keep you in the dark and quiet? Hopefully all of you will attend tomorrow’s city council meeting at 6:30 and let Palacios know that your voice should not be silenced and that you want to be well informed because after all YOU are the BOSS.  The city council works for you and City Manager Palacios, City Attorney Alan Smith, and City Clerk Beatriz Flores report directly to the city council.

 

Time to stand up and be heard because if you don’t this is how our city will continue to look:

 

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CITY HIRES NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR
According to City Manager Carlos Palacios he interviewed around 30 people before deciding that he needed somebody with around one year experience to handle our city’s finances?

 

I hope the new employee doesn’t quit after he sees the mess we are in. Can you imagine how that might turn out? 
“What’s going on? You think he’s really going to jump? Who is that guy anyway?”
“It’s the new finance director. I guess he was going to jump but now wants to get back inside but looks like he’s frozen on the ledge.”
“Is that Palacios’ office window from where he’s hanging on?”
“Yea, poor guy probably saw the city’s financials.”
“How they gonna get him down?”
“With a fire ladder truck. They are waiting for one to get here pretty soon but for some reason it’s taking a real long time.”
“I heard they are both broken down…oh look, here’s one now. Wow that’s a nice ladder truck.”
“Yea, Santa Cruz bought it a few months ago”.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE WRITING ON THE FISHING REPORT

By Emilio, on May 5, 2012

These are but a few Comments of what some people are writing on the Fishing Report. I am not surprised to find that many of our residents live in fear of retaliation if they dare to question authority.

“We who remain anonymous do so out of fear. Fear of retaliation. I think that shows you what an awful city we have. I agree with everyone. Why so many stabbings in such a small city? Is this how the populace is kept under control?

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2 apk kambikathakal clipjeep dispatcher Pass this blog on to everyone who lives here. Let the people know there is a call for justice. Mr. city attorney how many emails and calls have you received from citizens? Who keeps track of that? We need to know. The garden plot is just a small piece of the puzzle here. Keep thinking people and keep being active. We are good people too!

The city of Bell was run the same way. High salaries and low city output. Look it up online we are the sister city. RECALL THE MAYOR TODAY”

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“Since the project for the Ow charity (business park) and the Sakata Kett plans (currently being pushed by Daniel Dodge) haven't been approved by the LAFCo, why is the City of Watsonville spending money on it. I read in a insert that was in my water bill (and printed on expensive paper) that the city has hired a designer (Devcon Const.) to design the infrastructure. l know the city has already thrown a million dollars or more down the pipeline for a project that won't be completed (our tax money) and is planning to throw more of our tax dollars on the infrastructure. Why would any business (private or governmental) spend even one cent of taxpayer’s money unless all the plans had been approved by all of the approving agencies. We know the Farm Bureau is protesting the criminal plans to change very fertile farm land to blight (which will not be approved by the state). The LAFCO is against it and the plans have to pass LAFCO. More than likely the Sierra Club will fight it along with other organizations that have plenty of clout. Then, there is the question of why the city keeps giving money to Mr. Ow and his shady bagman Mr. Alonzo. Mr. Ow is a multimillionaire who if needed could finance his own projects. Why does the city keep filling Mr. Ow's back pockets? For that matter why does the city keep funneling money to the Romos. With all of their properties, the Romos could have funded their new building and decorating it. They purchased a city lot for only $25,000. When that lot was sold to them, was there a bidding process so others could have the opportunity to buy it? Not likely with that low bid.  The problem with our current city council is that they don't have the ability to think. There will be huge legal bills to fight the losing battle with agencies and individuals that don't want Ow and Sakata viable farm land destroyed and they will win. Why does the city of Watsonville have an attorney that farms out the major legal work and still draw a salary (and fees) He is useless.  Why does the city of Watsonville majority councilmembers deny Ms Bilicich and Mr. E Martinez a turn as mayor? Why would any sane person continue to place the newest councilmember in as mayor (especially ones that can't understand the English language or pronounce common words). One last thing, for what reason was all that money spent of the upper Lincoln street upgrade. How much was spent? How much money was lost by the business on Freedom Blvd when the project went way of time? Did it really need to be done?

We are the laughing stock of Santa Cruz County. Our town is filthy. There are so many business rentals vacant. The downtown will never be revitalized since no one wants to come here. 

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I thank you Mr Martinez for your fairness during yesterday's antics. This was the first City Council meeting I have attended in my twenty years in Santa Cruz County. I was embarrassed. Horrified. These are my leaders? For shame, Mr Mayor, that while reading a plaque given to the poet...that you could NOT pronounce or read the word "literacy". That was the first clue that you are indeed undereducated. When Oscar Rios grandstanded about how I would not be living there in Seaview Ranch if it wasn't for him, I saw red. No, I suppose I would not be living in Seaview Ranch if it wasn't there....maybe I would be living somewhere else, still being a productive member of the Watsonville Community. MOST of those houses in Seaview Ranch are underwater. Their values have dropped through the floor- yet we stay, and we want it to be a nice community for us and for our children. I understand that we need to only have two minutes to speak in order to let everyone speak, but for Mr Rios, Mr Hurst, and Mr Montesino to belittle the group in that way was despicable.

You can be sure, Mr Martinez, that when time comes to vote, I will ACTIVELY campaign against these people and anyone they support. We at Seaview Ranch are a pretty large group, and we have the time and ability to make sure those appointees do not get elected.

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