[Vision2020] UI Safer With Moscow Police

Mon Apr 19 13:08:06 PDT 2010

Dr. Dailey-Laursenis a tenured faculty member in Forestry, so if he doesn't find another position elsewhere, the university is obligated to pay him. He was the Dean of the College of Natural Resources. How much is a matter of what kind of agreement he negotiated before assuming the Interim Presidency. Almost all administrators have a "step-down" agreement that indicates how their pay will be adjusted down to a "shadow salary" that approximates what they would have been getting as a faculty member.

Nick Geier held forth on this recently:

http://www.class.uidaho.edu/ngier/deans.htm

As he points out, former administrators don't ever seem to return to what a faculty member would have been paid.

Ron Force
Moscow ID USA

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From: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
To: Saundra Lund <v2020 at ssl.fastmail.fm>; Wayne Price <bear at moscow.com>
Cc: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Mon, April 19, 2010 10:34:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] UI Safer With Moscow Police

Saunda
It is nice to be on the same side. As for cuts at the top, just why does the UI continue to pay Daiey-Laursen.  For what he is paid,  4 or 5 staff positions could be saved. I have nothing against him pe se and thought he should have been selected for the job permanently, but at this point, he is not needed. The UI counsel is a joke.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Saundra Lund" v2020 at ssl.fastmail.fm
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:10:02 -0700
To: "'Wayne Price'" bear at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] UI Safer With Moscow Police

> Hi Wayne,
> 
> While I personally hope the UI *finally* finds some wisdom and continues
> with MPD, I agree with you that it's certainly possible for other campus
> security solutions to provide high quality.
> 
> HOWEVER, the UI has a very poor track record, IMHO, when contracting
> services out, particularly in recent years.  As has been shown time & again,
> when the UI contracts services out, it winds up costing a lot more, both in
> terms of financial costs *and* quality.
> 
> Tom posted an article from the Snooze recently that included the following:
> " The department's contract with the UI for this fiscal year is a little
> more than $1 million, and it makes up a significant portion of the city's
> police services budget. Police services comprise about 40 percent of
> Moscow's general fund budget - about $4.4 million of the city's $11.3
> million budget.
> 
> ***Johnson said the university is in the process of reviewing all major
> contracts to determine their effectiveness and evaluate UI's selection
> processes.
> 
> Other contracts that have been reviewed include the recently renewed food
> services contract with Sodexho, employee benefits contracts and student
> health contracts, he said.
> 
> Whenever the university is spending a large amount on a contract, "you want
> to find the best value for your dollar," Johnson said. "We want to see if
> there's a more efficient way of taking care of business.***"
> [Emphasis is mine.  SL]
> 
> Not mentioned are big bucks spent for legal services that are contracted out
> in spite of big bucks paid to UI counsel.  Also, the UI has thrown a lot of
> good money after bad hand over fist with respect to software contracts.
> And, I'm sure there are lots of other examples to show how penny wise &
> pound foolish the UI has become.
> 
> I'm sorry -- I just simply do not trust the current UI administration to be
> able to make smart decisions when they've got such a rotten track record in
> recent history.
> 
> With MPD, I believe there's accountability because MPD is a ***part*** of
> this community.  More importantly, the partnership has worked well!
> 
> What's that saying?  Oh, yeah:  if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
> 
> Particularly when those at the UI making the decisions and calling the shots
> can't tell their *sses from holes in the ground!
> 
> Roger recently posted:
> "Cuts should start at the top. There are plenty of things at the
> administrative level than can be cut. All of the top administrators should
> take a cut. Doug Baker and Lloyd Mues could be cut permanently."
> 
> Amen!!!
> 
> 
> JMHO,
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
> 
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
> nothing.
> ~ Edmund Burke
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Wayne Price
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 4:44 PM
> To: Tom Hansen
> Cc: Moscow Vision 2020
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] UI Safer With Moscow Police
> 
> So, you don't think a university police department can be competent  
> and be established  without  a disaster?
> We have an example 7 miles away over in Pullman. Ever heard of the WSU  
> Police Department or do you think they are a major disaster too?
> 
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