URBAN COALITION
TOLEDO, OHIO

A Community Coalition of Citizen Groups Focusing on Accountability, Funding and Reform in Public Education

A new operating levy means retroactive payments to employees come first.

Based upon agreements with both AFSCME and TFT if a new levy is passed members of both bargaining units will receive retroactive payments and get a 1.5% increase in salaries.

Based upon wage data provided by the TPS Treasurer, J. Fortlage, in July 2004 the district will owe its employees between $5 million to $6 million. Salaries will increase by another $2 million – this will be an ongoing cost year to year.

So the first $8 million of the levy is earmarked for salary increases that were negotiated based upon a new levy passing. In other words, the Toledo Board of Education “mortgaged” any future tax revenues to achieve labor peace instead of telling its employees that the public trough was empty and it just could not be done.

	Bargaining Unit	Wage Base (1)

	TFT	$ 114,746,503
	AFSCME	$ 29,613,489

		Amount Due at 11/1/2005
	TFT	$ 4,509,538
	AFSCME	$ 1,163,810

	Total	$ 5,673,348

		Annual Increases in Salaries
	TFT	$ 1,698,248
	AFSCME	$ 438,280

	Total	$ 2,136,528

	Retroactive to February 1, 2003

		Monthly Wage Base	Rate	Months (2)
	TFT	$ 9,562,209	1.20%	33
	AFSCME	$ 2,467,791	1.20%	33


	Retroactive to August 1, 2003

		Monthly Wage Base	Rate	Months (2)
	TFT	$ 9,562,209	0.28%	27
	AFSCME	$ 2,467,791	0.28%	27


(1) - Based upon wage data provided by TPS Treasurer, J. Fortlage, July 30, 2004.
(2) - Number of months from date of retroactive payment until November 2005 levy.

Note: We have requested new wage base data as of July 31, 2005 from the TPS Treasurer which is used to calculate retroactive payments.

URBAN COALITION TOLEDO, OHIO

A new operating levy means retroactive payments to employees come first.

URBAN COALITION
TOLEDO, OHIO