The El Paso Diablos

The El Paso County Sheriff’s officers Association
Proudly invites you and your family
To The Association Member Appreciation night at

The El Paso Diablos on
Friday August 13th @ 6:00 p.m

Association Member plus 1 guest get in free. Additional tickets can be purchase for $5.00.

Seating will be at the Hard Ball Cafe
Free Hot Dogs, Free Hamburgers, Free Chips, Free Sodas
Gates open at 6:00pm game starts at 7pm
Food starts at 6:30 pm and goes till 8:30pm
Drinks stop at top of 7th inning
$1.00 beer till top of 7th inning

Get your tickets at the CLEAT building @ 747 E. San Antonio Monday thru Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ONLY!!!!!!!

A limited amount of tickets will be available. Tickets available on a first come, first serve basis.
Tickets go on sale on Monday August 2nd at the CLEAT office.

Association’s Annual Picnic at WET-N-WILD.

Membership:
I would like to thank all of the Association members and their families that made it out to the Association’s Annual Picnic at WET-N-WILD. This year’s picnic was enjoyed by more than 800 members and families. There was food, drinks and enough beer for all the adults. Special thanks to the board members who help organize this event, Pete Frias, Rudy Liggins, Fred Castillo, Brian Houston and Eulogio Munoz. Also thanks to Jose Mascorro and family for volunteering to help set up and help with serving the food. Officer Drouin was also out there taking pictures on behalf of the Association.
The event provides us with the perfect opportunity to see old friends and make new friends. The Association has over 850 members which come from both the law enforcement bureau and the detention bureau, some of which would have never met. The picnic gives us the outlet to relax and enjoy a day with our families and friends. A huge thanks to the officers who could not make out because they had to work, we missed them this time around but hope to see them at the next Association event.

County Commissioners meeting with the Association board

Membership;
As you are already aware, the County Commissioners request a meeting with the Association board to discuss salary concessions for FY 2011 back in May. The County is claiming that they are going to have another short fall in the budget. The Association notified the County that it would meet with them but only after the board did its due diligence and researched the county’s finances.
The Association was finally ready and met with the County on July 14, 2010. The County’s committee was made up Comm. Anna Perez, County Auditor Ed Dion, County HR Betsy Keller and County Attorney Holley Lyghtl. The Association Board and Ron Delord from CLEAT represented the Association. Comm. Perez formally requested that the members of the Association give up our COLA’s and step increase for FY 2011 and the money the County still owes the membership in October 2010.
The Association reminded the County that we had met our obligations by giving up our COLA’s for FY 2010 and now we want them to meet their obligation. The County had no counter proposal on why we should again give up our COLA’s, but insisted we do so because we are public servants. The County’s position is that they are in a deficit crunch and they need help with their budget. The Association disagrees with the County’s position and had an independent source research and analyze the County’s financial status and report back to us.
The Association’s report shows that the County’s problems are not significant enough to warrant its membership giving up another set of COLA’s for FY 2011. The County wants the Association membership to give up about $4.5 million in October, in return for non-monetary items in the contract. The Association told the County that their request was unreasonable and should fulfill their previous agreement before any other request by them is to be considered by the Association.
The Association Board has not agreed to any request the County has made and can not do so with prior approval from the MEMBERSHIP!!!
If any member has a question or concerns please feel free to contact me or any board member for additional information.

EPMPOA Ron Martin, Gov. Rick Perry and Marvin Ryals.