Director of Human Resources, Mr. Mike Crotty, announced his resignation last Friday, March 14, 2008. Mr. Crotty has been the Director of Human Resources for the City of Park Ridge for about two years and is considerably less than 50 years of age, which means he isn't eligible for the Early Retirement Incentive program (.pdf) that he helped usher into being for the City of Park Ridge. Mr. Crotty is leaving to take a position in Wheeling, which we understand will not mean a shorter commute to work for Mr. Crotty.
Also out the door is the relatively newly hired Administrative Assistant, Reluca Bruce, who recently gave notice of her intention to leave the City's employment. Her resignation was announced last Friday, along with Mr. Crotty's. Ms. Bruce is also not eligible for the Early Retirement Incentive program.
Let's review the recent departures:
Joe Saccomanno, public works director
Brian Emanuel, enviro. health coordinator and asst. dir. of community development
Randall Derifield, community development director
Tim Schuenke, city manager
Barbara Van Diggelen, graphic artist, library
Vivian Mortensen, reader services mgr, library
Eleanor Pierce, information coordinator, library
Larry Kleckner, access services mgr, library
John Watson, maintenance
Joe Levatino, maintenance
Pat McDonald, mechanic
Barbara Kasan, fiscal tech.
Jerry Holub, community services mgr
Don Zimmer, plan inspector
Carl Nielsen, plan inspector
Jeff Caudill, chief of police
Mike Crotty, human resources director
Reluca Bruce, administrative assistant
18 and counting...6 at the department head/director level. The City of Park Ridge employs roughly 255 full time employees, give or take.
The (questionable) benefits of the ERI are predicated upon either leaving positions open and/or hiring replacements at a lower salary level. The PRU Crew does not believe much of a savings, if any, will be achieved with this program. We also believe the hidden cost of employee turnover -- the brain drain on institutional memory -- was not accounted for in the original plan.
With the exception of the last three, all these dearly departed city employees are said to have taken the opportunity to participate in the ERI.
We certainly are not going to call them "rats", but we do get that sinking feeling.
March 17, 2008
The Beat(ing a hasty retreat) Goes On!
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8 comments:
It appears that the ship is sinking.
As you stated - the rats are running.
What and why is this happening ?
Let's just say - that those who decided to leave want to better themselves. Those who choose to retire , retire ..have their reasons.
I for one believe that the city gov't has become infected.
We need surgery.
Is there a doctor in the house?
Watch out for the pot holes too!!
I appoint Howie and the PHCMR
That's pot hole commander....
I wonder how many pot holes are down there in Fla?
Have a great week!
I don't know any of these people and I can't say if they are leaving and that's a good thing or not, on an individual level.
I can say that my own experience in work places that have a sudden turnover of a higher than usual number of employees have a problem.
Of course they're leaving in droves...the last Council gave eligible employees an ERI out...and any others who are leaving will be said to be taking advantage of other opportunities...
It couldn't possibly be that upon his election to Mayor, one of the first things Howard Frimark did was to take a staff meeting space that had been created in City Hall and turn it into an office for himself...install a private phone line...and spend hours upon hours interferring and "micromanaging" city staff and business...
Nope! It couldn't possibly be Howard's ubiquitous presence in City Hall every day...
He's "cleaning up" city government, don't you know...
The rats will learn they are trading one rat race for another. That's all.
btdt-
The rats may be trading one rat race for another, but the king rat in the next town can't possibly be worse than the one here.
I think you all may be missing a point. If you were offered a retirement package of 50 to 75% of pay would you continue to work?
Remember, govt employees have pension plans which FAR exceed anything in the private sector.
AJ
let's make sure we can truly call Howie a "lame duck." He knows he won't get re-elected and is doing as much damage as possible while he is here.
What a sad, sad mess.
ms manchester-
Howard is far from a lame duck. The election is a year away (that sounds like a long time, but it's not) and no strong candidate--or, for that matter, weak candidate--has come forward. Howard is confident in his re-election prospects and at this time he is right in feeling that way.
I and others did our part in the struggle against Howard, and received (to put it politely) much attention from the community for our trouble. Now it is time for a new group to do more than flap their gums on this site. Otherwise, prepare for 4 more years of Howard.
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