Jefferson Firefighters
11-13-2008, 03:01 AM
JEFFERSON FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION OCTOBER 3, 2008
NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON CAA DEANO BONANO
WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano has the responsibility to oversee fire protection for the citizens of East Jefferson; and
WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano has been unresponsive to fire personnel’s concerns of diminished fire protection provided under the direction of Interim Fire Director Saunders, which jeopardizes the safety of the public and fire personnel and our Class 1 Fire Protection Rating; and
WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano has harbored increased resentment toward fire personnel in the last 36 months, apparently due to his stated displeasure of his exclusion in the pay study ordered by Parish President, Aaron Broussard, which was instituted to investigate fire personnel salary adjustments on base pays for the first time in 16 years with Parish President, Aaron Broussard and the Jefferson Fire Fighters Association agreeing to accept the result of the study that was based on a southern average that included salary comparisons of over twenty similar sized metropolitan fire departments ; and <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P></O:P>
WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano refuses to discuss a long standing dispute on state mandated supplemental pay for overtime calculations which was not included in the pay study at the request of then, CAO Nancy Cassagne, insisting it be handled as a separate issue from the fire pay study; and
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WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano ignores the pay disparity forcing the Fire Fighters Association to file litigation to correct these inequities and has further worked to place the Jefferson Firefighters Association and its members in disrepute with the parish administration, Council and the citizens of Jefferson Parish; and
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WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano has not responded to fire personnel’s repeated requests to replace Interim Director Saunders with more capable management; and
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WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano is responsible for overseeing the failed preparations in neglecting to provide basic needs, such as food, water and ice and sleeping cots for Hurricane Gustav, with no obvious improvements in the failed plan for fire personnel since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano failed to negotiate fair and impartial policies for fire personnel in meetings with the Jefferson Firefighters Association; and
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WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano apparently provided Parish President, Aaron Broussard with inaccurate, misleading and untrue information in his response to the Fire Fighters Association about our concerns in the letter he sent out, dated June 16, 2008, and
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WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano has accepted responsibility for Jefferson Parish Emergency Management and Homeland Security for Jefferson Parish while apparently not possessing any emergency management certifications and is not currently a member of the Louisiana Emergency Managers Association and further lacks the required experience to manage a large metropolitan fire department; therefore be it
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RESOLVED, That the members of the Jefferson Firefighters Association take a vote of “no confidence” in CAA Deano Bonano; and be it further
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RESOLVED, The International Association of Firefighters and the International Association of Fire Chiefs be notified of this action against CAA Deano Bonano; and be it further
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RESOLVED, That a request by the Jefferson Fire Fighters Association to the International Association of Firefighters formally censure CAA Deano Bonano.
NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON CAA DEANO BONANO
WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano has the responsibility to oversee fire protection for the citizens of East Jefferson; and
WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano has been unresponsive to fire personnel’s concerns of diminished fire protection provided under the direction of Interim Fire Director Saunders, which jeopardizes the safety of the public and fire personnel and our Class 1 Fire Protection Rating; and
WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano has harbored increased resentment toward fire personnel in the last 36 months, apparently due to his stated displeasure of his exclusion in the pay study ordered by Parish President, Aaron Broussard, which was instituted to investigate fire personnel salary adjustments on base pays for the first time in 16 years with Parish President, Aaron Broussard and the Jefferson Fire Fighters Association agreeing to accept the result of the study that was based on a southern average that included salary comparisons of over twenty similar sized metropolitan fire departments ; and <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P></O:P>
WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano refuses to discuss a long standing dispute on state mandated supplemental pay for overtime calculations which was not included in the pay study at the request of then, CAO Nancy Cassagne, insisting it be handled as a separate issue from the fire pay study; and
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WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano ignores the pay disparity forcing the Fire Fighters Association to file litigation to correct these inequities and has further worked to place the Jefferson Firefighters Association and its members in disrepute with the parish administration, Council and the citizens of Jefferson Parish; and
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WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano has not responded to fire personnel’s repeated requests to replace Interim Director Saunders with more capable management; and
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WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano is responsible for overseeing the failed preparations in neglecting to provide basic needs, such as food, water and ice and sleeping cots for Hurricane Gustav, with no obvious improvements in the failed plan for fire personnel since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano failed to negotiate fair and impartial policies for fire personnel in meetings with the Jefferson Firefighters Association; and
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WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano apparently provided Parish President, Aaron Broussard with inaccurate, misleading and untrue information in his response to the Fire Fighters Association about our concerns in the letter he sent out, dated June 16, 2008, and
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WHEREAS, CAA Deano Bonano has accepted responsibility for Jefferson Parish Emergency Management and Homeland Security for Jefferson Parish while apparently not possessing any emergency management certifications and is not currently a member of the Louisiana Emergency Managers Association and further lacks the required experience to manage a large metropolitan fire department; therefore be it
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RESOLVED, That the members of the Jefferson Firefighters Association take a vote of “no confidence” in CAA Deano Bonano; and be it further
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RESOLVED, The International Association of Firefighters and the International Association of Fire Chiefs be notified of this action against CAA Deano Bonano; and be it further
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RESOLVED, That a request by the Jefferson Fire Fighters Association to the International Association of Firefighters formally censure CAA Deano Bonano.