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More Raises for the Admins, including Randy
Topic Started: Aug 12 2009, 08:55 PM (561 Views)
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How is it that while AFSCME is getting squeezed, the Admins are getting even more raises? And I thought Randy was just getting his contract extention.

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When did these raises take effect?
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Aug 12 2009, 08:58 PM
When did these raises take effect?
Between June and August of 2009.

I would bet around July 1st, as many of the contracts begin on that date.
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Here is a Free Press article from 7/29/09:

LIVONIA: Superintendent's contract extended to 2014
The Livonia school board has extended Superintendent Randy Liepa's contract another year, pushing the expiration date to June 2014.

Trustees Patrice Mang and Steve King voted no on Monday, saying the 5-year agreement is longer than the terms being served by all sitting board members and incoming board member Colleen Burton, who takes office Wednesday.

"I just think it ties the hands of future boards," Mang said of the contract after the meeting.

The board faces a $7.5-million deficit in its $160-million budget for the 2009-10 school year.

The contract calls for a salary freeze. Liepa's annual salary, excluding insurance, remains at $148,918.
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So, apparently he somehow was given money after June 09, so that he could take a "freeze" in July.

Talk about a Lie by ommision.

Sigh....
Edited by LPS Reformer, Aug 13 2009, 08:53 PM.
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Aug 13 2009, 08:51 PM
So, apparently he somehow was given money after June 09, so that he could take a "freeze" in July.

Talk about a Lie by ommision.

Sigh....
It's a lie by omission, and the status quo motis operundi for LPS. Too bad the BOE cant see the forest thru the trees. Might be about time for a state takeover to clean house eh?



mmmmkay?
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Hmmmm.... A "No Vote" in November and Robert Bobb in January? ;)
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Aug 13 2009, 09:17 PM
Hmmmm.... A "No Vote" in November and Robert Bobb in January? ;)
You got my "NO" vote, & bring it on!
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Pay frozen for 2009-10

In a 4-2 vote Monday, the Livonia school board extended Supt. Randy Liepa's contract another year, pushing the expiration date to June 2014.

Trustees Patrice Mang and Steve King voted no, saying the five-year agreement is longer than the terms being served by all sitting board members and incoming board member Colleen Burton, who takes office July 8. Board members typically are elected to four-year terms.
"I just think it ties the hands of future boards," Mang said of the contract after the meeting.

Trustee Gregory Oke was absent from the meeting.

Mang said she has no issue with Liepa's performance, which the board recently critiqued in closed session. "I think that his evaluation was fair and that his performance is within the guidelines set by the board," Mang said. "I don't have any reason to be upset with him or the job he's doing."

The contract calls for a salary freeze. Liepa's annual salary, including all compensation except for insurance, remains at $148,918.
"He didn't even ask the board for a raise," Mang said. The board faces a $7.5 million deficit in its $160 million budget for the 2009-10 school year.

Trustee Daniel Lessard said he doesn't think the length of the contract is out of line, given the job Liepa is doing.
"I think we've got one of the best superintendents around," he said.

He said the current board implements policies adopted by previous boards. "We're responsible for policies that were written 20 years ago, and they're still valid," he said. "It makes no difference when they were written."

Lessard said the district is getting Liepa's services for a "real bargain." Some superintendents in smaller districts make "a great deal more money" than he does, Lessard said. Livonia has about 17,000 students.
Trustee Lynda Scheel agreed Liepa's doing an "excellent job" and he's "well worth" the salary. She said she appreciates his efforts to keep costs down by contributing $1,000 a year toward his health care.

She said given the district's financial situation, extending Liepa's contract was the most the board could do for him.
Liepa became superintendent in 2003.

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She said she appreciates his efforts to keep costs down by contributing $1,000 a year toward his health care.
heck, Randy, I pay more than $1000 PER MONTH for my family's health care

how generous of ya!
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Aug 12 2009, 08:55 PM
How is it that while AFSCME is getting squeezed, the Admins are getting even more raises? And I thought Randy was just getting his contract extention.

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Randy did only get a contract extension. What was said at the BOE meeting when his extension was approved was they were going to eliminate line items and show his total salary package. What they have done is eliminated separate line items such as car allowance, clothing allowance, etc. and include it in his total salary package. He did not get a raise. This is what happens when someone only posts a list of what someone is paid per year, it does not include things like seniority, months worked per year, any longevity included, etc., which is really pertinent information needed to be fair too all!
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Aug 16 2009, 03:01 PM
Randy did only get a contract extension. What was said at the BOE meeting when his extension was approved was they were going to eliminate line items and show his total salary package. What they have done is eliminated separate line items such as car allowance, clothing allowance, etc. and include it in his total salary package. He did not get a raise. This is what happens when someone only posts a list of what someone is paid per year, it does not include things like seniority, months worked per year, any longevity included, etc., which is really pertinent information needed to be fair too all!


CLOTHING ALLOWANCE? Oh the poor baby. I have never heard of a clothing allowance for someone who didn't have to buy and wear a uniform. In fact, I've known people, including myself, who were expected to wear a uniform and supply it themselves.

That is laughable.

Regardless of what the post doesn't show, it does show that Randy is paid too much for a crap job.
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