CLEAT Benefits Plan!

CLEAT Benefit Plan
Dental / Vision
El Paso County Open Enrollment 2010

The month of October will be open enrollment for members covered under the Collective Bargaining Agreement in the CLEAT Dental and Vision Plan. During October you will be able to visit the CLEAT office during business hours and complete a change form to update your information. In addition, CLEAT representatives will be on site at the following dates and times

October 20, 2010 - Jail Annex 7:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
October 21, 2010 - Downtown Jail – 7:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
October 22, 2010 - SO Administration – 8:00 A.M. – 12:00 Noon
October 22, 2010 - CLEAT office 1:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.

• Changes will be effective December 1st, 2010

You will be able to:
• Verify current coverage
• Add or terminate coverage for dependents
• Change name
• Change address
• Update beneficiary / $15,000 AD&D policy included with each covered member
Dentemax.com for dental PPO providers

Visit CLEAT.org
• Print dental & vision claim forms
• Print or view a CLEAT Benefit Plan Summary of coverage
• Fill out and submit a will online – processed at no charge for CLEAT members
• TIPP ( temporary income protection ) Application
• Update membership
• CLEAT Legal Plan
• Latest news

ELECTION RESULTS!!!

DEPUTY DIRECTORS ran unopposed

Marvin Ryals
Mario Marquez
Louie Silva

DETENTION OFFICER DIRECTORS

Brian Houston 192
Eulugio Munoz 166
Roger Carreon 148


Pedro Mora 106
Marco Camarrillo 67

Board of Director Voting Locations and Times!!!

Reminder the vote for Board of Directors is on Tuesday Sept. 28, 2010.

The schedule is as follows;

Jail-Annex from 0600 hrs till 1700 hrs

Downtown Jail from 0600 hrs till 1700 hrs

All candidates are welcome to witness the counting of the votes at the CLEAT office. Although the board deputies are running unopposed a few ballots will be printed to keep the integrity of the voting process.

CLEAT Attorney Miles McNeal on Anthony Jackson!!

On August 12, 2008, the District Attorney’s Office presented a case against Deputy Anthony Jackson. Holding true to the old District Attorney’s saying, “I could indict a ham sandwich.” The Grand Jury returned a True Bill against Mr. Jackson. The charge was Tampering with a Government Record, a 2nd Degree Felony (2-20 years). In a nut shell, the State said that Mr. Jackson swore he had served an individual, and that it was impossible that he served that person on that day.

My involvement in the case began in January of 2010. After reviewing the file it became VERY clear that the State could not prove the felony case against Mr. Jackson. So, I immediately set the case for trial on February 23, 2010. On the trial date the Prosecutor was forced to admit that they could not prove the felony. He then dismissed the case. But what does the DA’s office do next? They re-file it as a misdemeanor and issue another arrest warrant! I immediately set up a hearing with the Judge and the prosecutor, the Judge then recalled the warrant.

The earliest trial date available was September 13, 2010. On that day, with the help of my co-counsel Brock Benjamin, we began the trial. The State presented three witnesses against Mr. Jackson, upon cross-examination; no witness was able to say whether Mr. Jackson had done what the State had alleged. The State then rested. Mr. Jackson then took the stand and testified. He testified to what he remembered. It was also brought up that during his time at the Sheriff’s Department, he was commended for saving the life of a citizen, and he had one of the Patrol Division’s largest marijuana busts, and went above and beyond the call of duty when he provided assistance to the family of a murder victim.

The Jury quickly returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Mr. Jackson went back to thank the Jury for their service. The Jury would not accept Mr. Jackson’s thank you, they instead wanted to apologize on behalf of the State. They felt that it was a miscarriage of justice by even bringing this case and that it was a waste of valuable resources in a time of County deficit and told Mr. Jackson that they were thankful for his service to the People of El Paso County.

Amendment to the Articles of Agreement

AMENDMENT NO. TWO
TO THE
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE
COUNTY OF EL PASO
AND THE
EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION


Effective upon execution of this Amendment to the Articles of Agreement between the County of El Paso and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Officers’ Association effective October 1, 2007 (OP-07-139 executed on October 12, 2007 and KK-10-414 Amendment executed on October 1, 2009), the following provisions shall be added, deleted or amended as set forth herein:

All the provisions and benefits granted under Article Ten, Holidays, shall be eliminated for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2010 and ending September 30, 2011.

In return for the Association’s agreement to eliminate all of provisions and benefits under Article Ten, Holidays, for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2010 and ending September 30, 2011, the County agrees to reinstate the 22 detention sergeant positions eliminated during the FY2011 budget meetings and to forego its right to eliminate positions covered by the Agreement until September 30, 2011.

The Association further agrees that as a result of the reinstatement of the sergeants’ positions, the Association will dismiss the case styled El Paso County Sheriff’s Officers’ Association, Inc. v. The County of El Paso, Texas and Richard Wiles, in his official capacity as Sheriff of El Paso County, Texas, Cause No. 2010-3493.

Finally, the Association agrees to waive any right to pursue any other litigation or arbitration related to any matter which is the subject of this amendment.


EXECUTED this 15th day of September, 2010.


EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION, INC.



By: __________________________________
Jose Maruffo, President



EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS



By: ___________________________________
Anthony Cobos, County Judge



ATTEST:



By: ___________________________________
Delia Briones, County Clerk

PRESIDENT'S WORD

Membership;

The vote that you cast over this weekend addressed a very important issue, the issue was how secure are our jobs in the future? Although we cannot predict what the future holds for us, we do have a Contract with the County that guarantees us a 1.5% COLA increase every six months, 5% increase on our annual step and all our soft monies till 2014 with an evergreen clause till 2015. We will resume getting holiday pay next October 2011. All of you had a very difficult decision to make; there was no wrong or right way to vote. It was not an easy decision for the board to bring this proposal to you for a vote. The fact remained that you the member wanted a vote on any salary concession. The membership will always have the final say and vote on how their Association proceeds.


Those members who want the Association to keep fighting for our rights; rest assured that the vote has not altered the way the board feels. Although the fight is no longer going to happen in arbitration, the association will explore other options to address this issue. The Association will do its due diligence and prepare throughout the year for this or any other battle the county is willing to bring to our door step.


The question of will the Association fight as hard for our jobs as they did for the Sgt’s position. The Association is committed to fight for any and all job classifications and member who loses his/her job. The association has proven it in the past few months, a deputy that got terminated got his job back, another deputy got acquitted on a felony case, a detention officer had his criminal case dismissed and there are still many more cases the Association is fighting. The Association does not see rank or the color of the uniform when it comes to its membership. All members are seen as equals in the Association.


There are some questions on how this will affect the membership; does the vote mean we have to take furlough days? No furlough days. If the holiday falls on your day off you will not receive an extra 8 hours of holiday pay. If you’re scheduled Monday thru Friday and the holiday falls during the week you will have to submit vacation time to get it off or work it. If you are brought in on O.T. you will receive O.T. pay. Will the National holidays be affected? All holidays covered under the CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement) will be affected. The proposal will start Oct. 1, 2010 and end on September 30, 2011; this would be for fiscal year 2011.

If you have more questions, please contact me or address them on the QNA tab on the website.


JMarrufo
President-EPCSOA

VOTING RESULTS

********************VOTING RESULTS*********************

The vote to accept or decline the Amendment proposed by the

County Commissioners has been passed to ACCEPT. This results in

all employees who fall under the Collective Bargaining Agreement

with the County to forfeit their 7 Holidays and 3 Personal days for

fiscal year 2011 in exchange the County will reinstate the

22 Detention Sergeants and 22 Courporals to their

postions for fiscal year 2011.

Concessions Briefing's and Voting Times!

The Board will be conducting briefing to members at the following times and locations.


Downtown Detention Facility
Friday, September 17th
-Day Shift
-Swing Shift
-Graveyard Shift
-8 to 5 officers will be briefed at 0900 hrs.

Jail Annex
Friday September 17th
-8 to 5 officers will be briefed at 1130 hrs.

Saturday September 18th
-Day Shift
-Swing Shift
-Graveyard Shift

Lower Valley and Upper Valley Patrol
Saturday September 18th
-Briefings will be held during regular shift briefings.



********VOTING POLL LOCATIONS********

Academy (or Jail Annex, TBD)
-Sunday Sept. 19th - 0600 hrs to 1700 hrs
-Monday Sept. 20th - 0600 hrs to 1200 hrs

Downtown Detention Facility
-Sunday Sept. 19th - 0600 hrs to 1700 hrs
-Monday Sept. 20th - 0600 hrs to 1200 hrs

***All jail shift briefing will begin 30 minutes prior to the start of shift.***

Upper Valley Patrol Station
-Sunday Sept. 19th - Swing shift and Graveyard Briefing's
-Monday Sept. 20th - 0600 hrs to 0900 hrs

Sheriff's Office Headquarters
-Monday Sept. 20th - 0700 hrs to 1200 hrs