Contents

•  RESEARCH

Interim GM/COP Hart’s Benefits / Costs Info Links

This is a very good summary of what we are involved in:

Why it is Critically Important to Have a Separate General Manager and Chief

Interim GM/COP Hart’s 100 day plan

•  FOUR ARTICLES OF INTEREST FROM THE ICMA

[The International City/County Management Association]

How to Become a Professional Local Government Manager

Promoting Professional Local Government Management

ICMA Code of Ethics

Council-Manager Form of Government FAQ

Concerns regarding Interim General Manager:

Triple Dipping

December 18, 2015   Triple-dipper: East Bay politician making $370,000 a year balks at paying for health insurance

Even though Hart, 56, was already what’s known among government watchdogs as a “triple-dipper,” he wasn’t familiar enough with his multiple options for health coverage when he touted to Kensington officials this June that one of his selling points for their police job was that he didn’t need them to pay for his health insurance.

Kensington officials’ eyes lit up at what penciled out to about $18,000 in savings.

“It was one of the reasons” he was hired, said Vanessa Cordova, of the local Police Protection and Community Services District board.

But just days after beating out five others for the job that carries other benefits of permanent employment — such as vacation, administrative leave and pension contributions — Hart reversed course and said he had to renegotiate.

“Stupid me,” said Hart, who started the year on the payroll of the Department of State Hospitals and is also drawing a $223,000 a year pension after retiring as Alameda County Sheriff’s deputy. He didn’t know that state retirement system rules wouldn’t let him take full health coverage from his part-time Dublin post while also working for Kensington, he said

His other option to stick to his promise — medical coverage from the Alameda County retirement system that posed no conflict — wasn’t an option because he would have to pay for it, he said. “That costs money. That isn’t free.”

•  OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Incompatible Offices in Perspective

Feb 20, 2015  Police Chief Greg Harman – Conflicts of Interest

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Jun 2, 2015  Kensington picks interim hire for general manager and police chief role

Jun 30, 2015  Kensington residents launch recall of three police-board members

Oct 13, 2015  Kensington: Elected official says police harassed and threatened her

• COMMENTARY / RESIDENTS’ RESEARCH

Interim GM/COP Hart’s Benefits / Costs Info Links

This is a very good summary of what we are involved in:

Why it is Critically Important to Have a Separate General Manager and Chief of Police and Contract Out Police Services

• CONFLICT OF INTEREST:

 GM/COP Conflict of Interest, Comments on PLG Opinion by Marilyn Stollon

GM/COP Labor Market Survey by Marilyn Stollon

Grand Jury Report, Sutter Creek, Essential Points on Splitting the GM/COP Position by Marilyn Stollon

• TOWN MANAGER:

Town Manager Survey of their Accomplishments by Marilyn Stollon

Survey of Benefits for Interim Managers, Transparent California by Marilyn Stollon

Survey of Town Managers: Experience, Salary, Education and Code of Ethics by Marilyn Stollon