Future of DPPA
Monday, October 17, 2011
Despite the changes that Data Processing Professionals Association (DPPA) is going under with UPEC taking charge, there is a lot of work still to be done. The DPPA members from May 2011; the last time we received funds; have to decide what the Future of DPPA is going to be and what do to with the funds that DPPA has saved. There will be a vote in the future so all members can have a say in the Future of DPPA.
The DPPA Board members met in August after work for three hours to discuss and suggest what paths DPPA could follow. The board members came up with three different paths which we discussed at our board meeting in October. After lots of discussions about what we could do, we voted to delay the vote until UPEC gets a signed contact. Too much could change in the intervening months that would have impact on the outcome and we felt it would not do any good to hurry the vote.
We also decided to hold off on the elections of DPPA Board officers, that normally takes place in October, for the same reason. However, the existing DPPA Board agreed to stay on until everything was decided.
DPPA does have a few vacant positions, if anybody out there wishes to help the DPPA Board during this time of transition, we would be happy to have the help.
IT Career Fair (U.C. Davis Health System)
Thursday, July 21 • 2 – 6 p.m.
2825 50th Street – Sacramento
(in the UC Davis MIND Institute Auditorium)
To read more, click here.
DPPA Picnic Lunch TOMORROW, June 22
McKinley Park, Group Area 7 -- 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
VALID Petition from Steve Keil
Attached is the ‘Valid Petition – Steve Keil – 0462 001(1).pdf’ which is the letter saying that UPEC has a valid petition for representing Unit 028. It makes mention of the intervening petition of Stationary Engineers Local 39 and it sets 15 days from the date of the letter, January 27th, 2011, for Local 39 to get 10% of 028 signatures to be on the ballot. It also says that Steve Keil’s office will make efforts to schedule a meeting with the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service, the people who will be running the election.
TRG "DRAFT" Meeting MINUTES - Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The DPPA Board would like to bring your attention to the meeting minutes Item #3: IT Classifications & Civil Service.
71J violation?
This is what has become of the item that your DPPA President Steven Oesterreicher went before the Board of Supervisors to say that the County has a 71J violation in Department of Revenue and Recovery. This SacBee article that came out last Thursday, January 13, 2011... 'Sacramento County debt-software project years late, millions over budget' (read more).
Two New UPEC Bulletins
UPEC Local 792 Stewards: Stewards are the face of the Local Union. Stewards are those who are employed in a bargaining unit represented by UPEC Local 792 and
are appointed by the Local Business Manager. Stewards are the "go-to" person in the workplace... (read more)
UPEC Update Bulletin: The purpose of this update is to keep you informed on the progress of UPEC's involvement to become your Recognized Employee
Organization (REO) for collective bargaining purposes. On December 20, 2010, I received a letter from Steve Keil, Assistant to the County Executive, requesting to meet and discuss concerns the County has with the composition of the "proposed unit" (your current Unit 028). (read more)
Unit 028 - Representation Petition
A petition to represent Data Processing Unit 028 has been filed by the Data Processing Professionals Association in conjunction with United Public Employees of California Local 792. The petition has been verified to contain sufficient valid signatures pursuant to the County Employee Relations Ordinance.
Any Employee Organization that wishes to intervene as a “Concerned Employee Organization” may do so, pursuant to Ordinance Code Section 2.79.110, by petition to the County Executive by January 5, 2011. A concerned employee organization must provide a showing of interest from 10% of affected employees.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact the Labor Relations Office at telephone number 874-7095.
DPPA Luncheon COMING SOON!
Click the image below to respond by email to dppaluncheon@dppa.org.
028 UPEC 792 Orientation Sessions
Do you have questions about the current effort to make Representation Unit 028 a Recognized Employee Organization (REO) represented by UPEC 792? If so, there are six additional Q&A sessions being held so that you can get answers to those questions. Please come to one of these sessions to see what UPEC can do for you. Ask any questions or voice any concerns you might have about organizing 028. Come anytime and you’re welcome to bring a “brown” bag lunch. If you wish to print this list of meetings, save the PDF version to your Desktop.
Orientation Meeting Schedule
December 2nd, 2010 between 11am-1pm - MSA
9700 Goethe Rd, south side and center of the building, suite B
December 7th, 2010 between 11am-1pm - OCIT
799 G Street, Downtown, Suite 221
December 8th, 2010 between 11am-1pm - DHHS
7001A East Parkway, suite 200
December 14th, 2010 between 11am-1pm - OCIT
799 G Street, Downtown, Suite 221
UPEC 792 Bulletins
Congratulations Unit 028 Employees
Attention 028 Employees
DPPA is working to coordinate the effort of getting 028 members better protected by becoming a Recognized Employee Organization. You should be receiving two mailers from DPPA in the next week or two. Please take a moment to read them and respond to the second one. The response to the second mailing is necessary to make sure that the verbiage used is consistent with what Labor Relations requires to support an organizing petition. For that reason, it was decided to go with verbiage that is certain to meet the County’s requirements.
Please read the document, Committee Final Recommendation, describing the recommendation made by the 028 Organizing committee to the DPPA Board on October 6. The document explains what the recommendation was, what analysis went into arriving at that recommendation, the justification is for the recommendation, and what the process entails going forward.
There is also a document, UPEC - Represented Public Employee Units, that lists the public employee units that UPEC 792 currently represents. All of them are in Northern California, but UPEC 792 is not yet representing any units in Sacramento. The fixed-rate dues for UPEC 792 representation are $37.50 per month.
UPEC 792 will be holding three informational Q&A meetings on 11/9 and 11/10 to help 028 members get an understanding of what UPEC 792 is, what it has to offer 028, and why it makes sense to organize at this point. Please attend one of those sessions. The format is very informal and you can feel free to ask whatever questions you want about UPEC, about the process, or about being represented in general. Here are the times and places for the Q&A meetings:
Nov. 9 11am – 1pm
DHHS Building
Room 1A
3331 Power Inn Road
Nov. 9 5:00pm – 7:00pm
OCIT Building
Room 221
799 G Street
Nov. 10 11am – 1pm
OCIT Building
Room 221
799 G Street
SAC BEE article
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/14/2890130/judge-rules-public-has-a-right.html#ixzz0vy1aK9bF
County Annual Budget Page
Below is a link to the Office of Budget and Debt Management's Annual Budget page.
Budget News
Sacramento County, Recommended Budget Hearing Schedule for June 14-18, 2010
For Your Communication Pleasure
Fellow members of Rep Unit 028, DPPA.org now has a forum to express your opinions. To be able to post though, you must register yourself. Please give the admins 24 hrs to approve your registration (they make sure you belong to 028). Once approved, happy posting.
DPPA (SEMI) Annual Luncheon
It's that time again for our sometimes semi-annual luncheon. Join us for a summer BBQ at McKinley Park on Thursday, June 10, 2010, from 11:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. We have reserved picnic area GA3. This year's BBQ will be catered by JR's Texas BBQ.
(Please note, this IS NOT a county-sponsored event. You will need to get time off approved if you think you'll need more time.) Click the map below to bring up the PDF version of this announcement with more information.
RSVP to dppaluncheon@dppa.org
Election Results for 2010-2011
Data Processing Professionals Association
County Representation Unit 28
Voting Results
The following members are now the Officers for Data Processing Professions Association (DPPA) for the next two years starting in January 2010:
- Stephen Oesterreicher (OCIT) as President.
- Logan Pratt (DHA) as Vice President.
- Douglas Lee (OCIT) as Treasurer.
- Jay Close (OCIT) as Secretary.
- John Culbert (MSA), George Gomez (OCIT) & Darryl Hill (OCIT) as Board of Directors.
These people ran uncontested and were declared the winners at the October meeting of the Board of DPPA.
The Data Processing Professionals Association By-Laws Article VII – Vacancies and Elections
J. In the event where only one or fewer nominations are made for any position on the board, the nominating committee shall declare that the single nominee has won the election for that position. The nominating committee shall inform all association members by e-mail or in writing of the results prior to the last designated date for return of the completed ballots.
DPPA Elections!
Notice of Data Processing Professions Association (DPPA) Board Officers elections; it is time again to think about who you want to represent you, If Not Yourself, in DPPA. With the current turmoil in the county, who do you want looking out for you?
Positions up for Election:
- President
- Vice President
- Treasurer
- Secretary, and
- Three (3) Board of Directors
People Currently Running:
- Stephen Oesterreicher (OCIT) serves as President and is willing to run again for this position.
- Logan Pratt (DHA) is running for the Vice President position while John Culbert (MSA) who now serves as Vice President is going to run for one of the Board of Directors.
- Douglas Lee (OCIT) serves as Treasurer and is willing to run again for this position.
- Jay Close (OCIT) serves as Secretary and is willing to run again for this position.
- John Culbert (MSA), George Gomez (OCIT) & Darryl Hill (OCIT) are running for Board of Directors. George Gomez, Darryl Hill, & Logan Pratt are currently serving as Board of Directors.
The Association Officers shall be elected October 30th, 2009 and shall assume office at the January 6th, 2010 DPPA Board meeting.
Only members of the Association, as defined in the By-Laws, Article II, are eligible to run. Any Association member may be nominated for any office or Board of Directors (Members-at-Large) position by filing with the Secretary no less than twenty-five (25) days prior to Election Day (October 5th, 2009), a written nomination signed by at least ten (10) members of the Association. The written nomination must be accompanied by a statement from the person nominated, that he or she will serve if elected, (Can be in the form of Email to Voting@dppa.org).
Board of Supervisors Upcoming Schedule
Detailed schedule (PDF)
County Position Reduction FAQ
Position Reduction FAQ (Word)
New trainings for managed Health Network
Below is a flyer about five trainings from Managed Health Network. These training are about “Surviving Stress”. There is no cost to employees or departments.
These trainings fill up fast. If you are interested in attending one of these classes, please get your supervisors approval and contact the Department of Personnel Services ASAP so they can sign you up.
More Budget Information
Click on the document name to open that particular document.
Budget Decisions for Unrepresented
LAYOFF UPDATE
Here is an update from Nav Gill regarding the upcoming layoffs.
Note from the CIO - Budget Impacts'
This message is being sent to: OCIT-All
I wanted to share with you the latest county budget information, and how it will impact our operations.
As announced on Monday, the projected shortfall in the county’s general fund budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 now stands at $187 million. The County Executive is asking all county department directors to work with dramatically reduced funding in the upcoming year, and has also begun talks with unions about ways employees might be able to help bridge some of the gap.
The County Executive’s Office has provided each department with its budget allocation for next year, and the reduction in funding for our Shared Systems budget was significant. Shared Systems funding in large part funds programs such as COMPASS, IJIS/CJIS and Property Tax systems. We were expecting more than $16 million in funding, but were given only $8.1 million, resulting in an $8.6 million cut to our own revenue.
This cut will be compounded as we expect many of our general fund customers are dealing with drastically reduced budgets allocations as well. We expect them to begin cutting programs, projects and laying-off staff, and utilizing many of our services to a lesser degree. The silver lining is that some of our customers might also be looking for ways the central IT organization can help preserve their operations. Now, more than ever we need to continue focusing on customer service to secure current and new business.
I have asked OCIT’s division chiefs and IT managers to evaluate how we can best manage the shortfall, and what it would mean to reduce our services significantly. We are also looking at what vendor maintenance agreements can be reduced or even cut. All ideas are on the table, including looking at whether or not we can consolidate our staff onto fewer floors in the 799 G Street building to save on facility costs. Some office amenities, such as facial tissue and paper cups will likely be eliminated, and we’ll continue to cut back on office supplies. OCIT Fiscal has unfunded the two Deputy Director positions, as well as one Division Chief and IT manager positions. It is projected that any savings we can create will help return money to Shared Systems, and assist in keeping county operations going within OCIT.
Many of you have asked about the impact of this year’s COLA and the use of furloughs. Countywide, it is estimated a 4% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) will cost the county nearly $37 million a year. The cost to OCIT for the adjustment would total $738,000. It is still not clear if furloughs will be leveraged, however, a one-day-a-month furlough at OCIT would save $940,000 for the year.
These numbers and forecasts of service reductions are daunting, and my intent is not to scare you, but to share the information that I am receiving, and make you aware of the steps we will need to take. At this point, the County’s deficit has grown to the point where layoffs will be necessary throughout the county, although my goal remains to minimize both layoffs and service cuts in OCIT. Unfortunately, exactly when and who will be affected at this point is not known. I will be holding a special OCIT Information Sharing meeting in the Board Chambers on the morning of April 30 to update you with the latest information, and will also keep you informed via e-mail as changes happen. As always, if you have cost-saving suggestions, please send them to CIO@SacCounty.net.
Thank you,
David Villanueva, Chief Information Officer
Office of Communications and Information Technology
County of Sacramento
799 G Street, Suite 709
Sacramento, CA 95814
New I.T. Consolidation Web site
http://inside.cio.saccounty.net/ITConsolidation/default.htm
New Labor Relations web site
The Sacramento County’s Office of Labor Relations has enhanced its on-line presence and invites you to view its website.
This website is located on the County’s internet and intranet page at http://www.laborrelations.saccounty.net/ and includes contact information and assignments for the Office of Labor Relations, a list of all bargaining units and employee organizations, as well as contact information for the various employee organizations, including direct links to their websites.
This website also provides internal and external links to resources such as the Sacramento County’s Employee Relations Ordinance, the Meyers Millias Brown Act, and links to all labor agreements with the County’s Recognized Employee Organizations.
Budget Reduction Information
The link below is the first of what I hope to be a resource pool of County links and documents related to the County's budget. Just added: Department of Personnel's documents related to budget.
Layoff Procedures and Other Related Subjects