All Members,

     Be advised that the payroll snafu that occurred during the transfer in January is still in the process of being resolved.  We’ve met a couple of times with representatives from Finance, but the entirety of the problem is still uncertain.  There was obviously a communication problem between Fire’s inputting and Payroll’s receiving of the information regarding clarification days (both working and non-working).  It appears that many who worked a clarification day were underpaid while many who had a clarification day off were underpaid.  Although that part of the problem seems fairly widespread, it may not be the only contributing factor to the inconsistencies.  It is possible that the actual transfer dates submitted by Fire were either incorrect or improperly received by Finance. 

     I realize that people that owe the City money, as well as those who have money coming to them, would like this to be resolved sooner than later.  Please know that we are assisting as much as possible to make that happen.  We will be meeting on Tuesday with Finance and begin the review of the actual time card entries of every member for the time period in question.  This process, no doubt, will take a little time.  Please be patient with this process and know that your best interests are being represented at all times.    MMcD