For Immediate Release: Contact: David Nabity
Thursday, March 18, 2010 (402) 618-6759

OMAHA ALLIANCE PROPOSES $6 MILLION SOLUTION FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire Department Is Overstaffed By At Least 64 Employees

(OMAHA, NE) – The Omaha Alliance for the Private Sector (OAPS) today announced its “$6 Million Solution” for the multi-million-dollar deficit being [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  
Wednesday, February 10, 2010                                                                                                                            
CONTACT: David Nabity
(402) 618-6759
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Examples of Mismanagement of the
City of Omaha Fire and Rescue Department

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Omaha Press Club

Presented by David Nabity, Treasurer

Omaha Alliance for the Private Sector

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STAFFING DECISIONS:

1)The executive office of the department is severely over staffed costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands annually.
The Fire Department is only [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                   CONTACT: David Nabity

Wednesday, January 13, 2010                                                            (402) 618-6759

OAPS CALLS ON MAYOR, COUNCIL TO THROW OUT CURRENT FIRE UNION CONTRACT, HIRE NEW NEGOTIATION TEAM FOR CITY

Group Questions Management Decisions by Current Fire Department Leaders

(Omaha, NE) – The Omaha Alliance for the Private Sector (OAPS) today said that the City of Omaha [...]

COMPARABLE FIRE UNION CONTRACT LENGTH

City                                           Pages                   Word count

Des Moines                                32                          10,000

St. Paul, MN                               37                          13,000

Lincoln                                       55                          22,000

Omaha                                    171                          56,000

MINIMUM EQUIPMENT AND STAFFING REQUIREMENTS IN CURRENT CONTRACT

23 Engine Companies
10 Arial Companies
13 Advance Life Support Medic Units
1 Special OPS Team named “Heavy Rescue No. 1
3 Paramedic  EMS [...]

BUDGET EFFICIENCIES (OWH Editorial, 8-18-09)
Unfreeze it, City Council
Omaha’s municipal leaders need the same flexibility to pursue efficiencies in the Fire Department as with all other departments of city government. This is a sound, common-sense principle in general, and it’s nothing short of impera­tive in the face of the city’s current budget chal­lenges.
The [...]