Guest Commentary: Effects of Excessive Increases in City of Davis Employee Compensation from 2011 to 2021 on the City’s Ongoing Budget Crisis
Part 1 – Our City Councilmembers are Drinking Like Sailors Again…And They’re Spending your Money! by Alan…
Guest Commentary: Effects of Increases in City of Davis Employee Compensation from 2011 to 2018 on the City’s Current Budget Crisis
by Alan Pryor The actual average increase in total annual compensation (Pay and Benefits) for City…
City Agrees to New Contract with DCEA, Ending a Decade-Long Standoff
In early 2010, a Davis City Council led at the time by Mayor Ruth Asmundson voted to…
Analysis: We Should Expect City Services to Deteriorate More
Rich Rifkin’s latest column looks at the MOU (memorandum of understanding) issue and concludes: “Expect city services…
Sunday Commentary: Containing Costs Figures to Be a Huge Challenge
A week ago Mayor Robb Davis presented his cost containment plan. This is one I fully support….
Vanguard Analysis: 30% Total Compensation Gap Problematic For Fire Merger
When Mayor Dan Wolk at last week’s city council meeting called for a “check-in to see what’s…
Commentary: Moving in the Wrong Direction on Financial Issues
I increasingly find myself in a strange position with regard to city finances and the direction in…
Analysis: Firefighters Remain Highest Paid in the City
Back in May of 2009, the Vanguard ran an analysis on “Why Do Firefighters Make Substantially More…
Sunday Commentary: The General Use Tax and Tales of 2004
The risk of a general use tax is that the voters have no say over how that…
Sunday Commentary: Council Needs To Be Ready to Make More Tough Choices on Budget
In June of 2014, the city was still facing an economic crisis and the voters stepped up…
Commentary: Not Opposed to Taxes, But We Need a Plan
As we noted yesterday, neither the city manager nor the majority of council members seems to be…
Sunday Commentary: Avoiding Repeating the Mistakes of Davis Budget History
I look at articles like Dan Carson’s (5/2, New City Staff Forecast Says Fiscal Year to End…
Davis Firefighters Make Highest Salary in Region
In 2013, Davis firefighters made $132,576 in pay which included overtime, bonuses, and cashouts. That figure, according…
Analysis: City Manager Salary Increase and Its Impact on Employee Morale, Labor Negotiations
In 2009, as the city was starting to take on water fiscally, City Manager Bill Emlen decided…
Sunday Commentary: New City Manager Salary Puts Davis in Tough Spot
Back in July, the Vanguard argued that the “Council Did Right Thing on Compensation.” As we wrote…
Analysis: Teachers Agree to Pay Increase, But Big Issues Still Remain
Firefighters Starting Salary Higher Than Teachers Ending Salary – Late last week, Assistant Superintendent Matt Best and…
