Snippets about Lake Tahoe
• South Tahoe Public Utility District is having a 6pm May 10 meeting to go over its budget. A 5 percent increase in sewer rates and 2 percent hike in water rates are being proposed.
• Tahoe City Downtown Association’s 2nd annual Farm to Table Dinner is July 10. More information is online.
• Truckee needs poll workers. Call (530) 265.1298 for info and to sign up.
• Volunteer drivers are needed for home delivered meal service in South Lake Tahoe. For information, call (530) 621.6160.
• Northstar’s Mountain Bike and Hike Park is scheduled to open June 15. Weather and conditions permitting, and will be open Friday through Sunday until July 1 when it will be open daily until Aug. 19. Following that, the park will resume Friday through Sunday operations until Oct. 7.
STPUD’s 5% and 2% raises probably correlate to a raise for their employees ? It’s ridiculous that a gov’t agency can simply raise rates rather than cut staffing and cut salaries like everyone else has to and then set up an impossible requirement that a majority of the public has to protest the increases before they have to listen. LTN should investigate the salaries of STPUD employees compared to increases in sewer and water and help us sue this agency for falsely stating they have to raise rates because the cost of service is gone up when its simply the salaries of employees that have gone up
Go the workshop to find out how the increases, if approved, would be spent.
LTN stories worth revisiting: https://www.laketahoenews.net/2011/01/stpud-managers-forego-raises-rank-and-file-still-negotiating/
https://www.laketahoenews.net/2012/01/stpud-part-of-pool-that-owes-915-mil-to-pers/
STPUD sends out their proposed rate increases to all affected customers. Why don’t they send out their proposed budget showing the current and new planned spending?
STPUD posted the budget proposal on their web page http://www.stpud.us/2012_2013_Rate_Increase.html
It’s called Proposed Budget Presentation
Frank, I wish you would share more of your inside knowledge about employee salary raises at STPUD since you seem to be so informed on that subject.
I am a STPUD employee and have not had a raise in over 3 years and the proposed rate increase, if it is passed, will NOT result in a raise for me. So I would personally appreciate you sharing your documented proof to substantiate otherwise.
You have basically implied that the proposed rate increase is being disguised somehow to raise salaries and not for the purposes stated in the Proposed 2012/13 Budget.
If your statements are true, they will come as a surprise to those of us who have not received raises, sought raises, or anticipated a raise if the rate increase is approved.
stpud employee got a 2% increase to cal pers on july 1 2012. And a increase to med. Both paid by the pubic.In the last 6 years ALL rate increase has gone to employees . And i can prove it.
Gosh Dale, I do not remember you complaining about those same medical benefits that you and your family benefited from for the 4 years you sat on the STPUD Board. I will not get in a peeing match with you over anything related STPUD. You can pee standing up – I cannot. I bow to your greatness for that ability!
Jeri, Your response doesn’t address your previous post or mention the increases that you will get or have received.