November 2021 Newsletter

by | Jun 28, 2022 | Monthly Newsletter

Inside This Issue 

–President Letters
–FLSA Change
–Invitation to CCEA Board Meetings 
–Anniversaries

Exiting President’s Letter 

By: Hallie Thompson 

Dear CCEA,

I am extremely happy to let you know that Mayra Turchiano will be stepping up as CCEA President. Mayra is enthusiastic, motivated, intelligent, and super organized, and you are in very good hands. Mayra will be joined by some new board members and officers who are stoked to be with CCEA.

I also greatly appreciate our board members’ hard work during contract negotiations, a global pandemic, and all the other issues that come before CCEA during the last 2 years.

Working for CCEA is incredibly rewarding, sometimes difficult, but always fun. It’s bittersweet to leave, but rest assured that your new board is motivated and excited.

Thank you for an incredible experience.

Sincerely,
Hallie Thompson

President’s Letter

By: Mayra Turchiano 

Dear CCEA,

It is my great pleasure and honor to accept the appointment of President to the Carlsbad City Employee Association Board of Directors. The road ahead is at times difficult; however, I feel ready for the challenge as I have had the opportunity to learn from two great leaders; Hallie Thompson and Tye Gillespie.

Furthermore, working with CCEA for the last six years has also proven to be extremely rewarding and satisfactory fueling my commitment with all of you to continue to do my very best to advocate for our members.

I also want to thank the exiting board members for their time, dedication and extraordinary labor of love on behalf of all CCEA members.

  • Hallie Thompson, exiting President
  • Marie Ashe-Nutter, exiting Vice-President
  • Rosario Aranda, exiting Treasurer
  • Esther Lan, exiting Finance/IT/HR Representative
  • Daisy Hernandez, exiting CED Representative
  • Allen Edwards, exiting Safety/Policy/Leadership Representative
  • Jeremy Bauer, exiting At Large Representative
  • Eric Smith, exiting Parks Representative 
Finally, I want to introduce and welcome the new CCEA Board and thank them for stepping up to the challenge. It takes very extraordinary and courageous individuals to make the decision to commit their time and expertise to advocate for our members. We couldn’t do it without you!
  • Jason Rosado, new Vice-President
  • Leticia Reyes, new Treasurer
  • Christina Lorenzo, new Secretary
  • Oscar Torres, continuing Public Works (Utilities) Representative
  • Bonnie Crane-Sullivan, continuing Library & Cultural Arts/Recreation Representative
  • Melissa Flores, new CED Representative
  • Ayinde Smith, continuing Public Works (Transportation) Representative
  • Rogelio Romero, new Public Works (GFE) Representative
  • Brady Ryan, new Safety/Policy/Leadership Representative
  • Eric Martinez, new At Large
With heartfelt humility and appreciation,
Mayra Turchiano

CCEA Parks Representative Vacancy 

Interested in joining the CCEA?
The board has a vacancy for the Parks Representative.
If you work in the Parks department and you are interested in joining the board please email Mayra Turchiano, President, CCEA to Mayra.Turchiano@carlsbadca.gov by December 4, 2021.

Fair Labor Standards Act Change

In 2016, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision in the case of Flores v. City of San Gabriel (824 F.3d 890)

  • Required that employers treat all cash an employee receives back as taxable income from their employer’s contribution to the employee’s healthcare plan benefit be included in the regular rate of pay for purposes of calculating the employee’s FLSA overtime pay
  • Statute of limitations is up to 3 years

This clarification to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires the city to adjust the way it calculates overtime to remain in accordance with the law.

Therefore, the City of Carlsbad and the Carlsbad City Employees’ Association have met and conferred in good faith and reached an agreement regarding the calculation of FLSA overtime and FLSA comp time premium for a few of our current and former CCEA members. The impacted members will be contacted by Human Resources.

The total “settlement amount” includes the amount the city underpaid, per the settlement methodology agreed upon by the city and CCEA, plus “liquidated damages,” which doubles the amount the city underpaid.

A settlement payment will be paid out on condition that you sign and return the settlement and release agreement. If you agree to settle, settlement payments for current employees will be processed via the city’s payroll system on a specified date that has not yet being shared with CCEA.

If you have questions, please contact
Debbie Porter Debbie.Porter@carlsbadca.gov or
Mayra Turchiano, President, CCEA Mayra.Turchiano@carlsbadca.gov.

Please Join Us!

The CCEA Board of Directors wants to encourage CCEA members interested in attending the monthly meetings to joins us. Board meetings are open to all CCEA members with the exception of the closed session portion of the meetings. The board meets every first Tuesday of the month via Zoom 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. 

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82283259384?pwd=MHkyR3NYZkd0bmlPZThFSVNhcVhZUT09

Meeting ID: 822 8325 9384
Passcode: 563357

CCEA Board Members

Mayra Turchiano President
Jason Rosado Vice President
Leticia Reyes Treasurer
Christina Lorenzo Secretary
Ayinde Smith Public Works: Transportation
Melissa Flores Community & Economic Development
Rogelio Romero Public Works: GFE
Oscar Torres Public Works: Utilities
Brady Ryan Housing & Neighborhood Services, Policy & Leadership, and Safety
Bonnie Crane-Sullivan Library & Cultural Arts/Recreation
Eric Martinez At-Large

Anniversaries

Thank you for your dedication to and hard work for the
City of Carlsbad, CA.

June 2021
Jose Jr Road 06/20/1994 27
Adriana Alvarez 06/19/2000 21
Dennis Strawhun 06/09/2003 18
Kim Stankavich 06/19/2006 15
Marsha Weeks 06/18/2007 14
Mayra Turchiano 06/22/2009 12
Shay Even 06/15/2015 6
Michael Apulian 06/06/2016 5
Allen Edwards 06/06/2016 5
Michael Ford II 06/13/2016 5
George Crabbe 06/27/2016 5
Teresa Hodges 06/11/2018 3
Lili Holguin 06/25/2018 3
Vicki Larson 06/28/2018 3
Paul Waldron 06/24/2019 2

July 2021
Glen Boodry 07/05/1982 39
Robert Cooper 07/28/1997 24
Rebeca Guerrero 07/27/1998 23
Scott Donnell 07/19/1999 22
Noah Peraino 07/12/1999 22
Jason Christman 07/24/2000 21
In this Williamson 07/01/2002 19
Brandon Miles 07/01/2002 19
Hallie Thompson 07/18/2006 15
Jacqueline Petri 07/29/2004 17
Corey Funk 07/05/2005 16
Shannon Harker 07/09/2007 14
Gina Ruiz 07/02/2007 14
Julie Lopez 07/05/2006 15
Kelly Demille 07/21/2008 13
Tom Vega 07/30/2008 13
Scott Workman 07/26/2010 11
Jennifer Horodyski 07/13/2015 6
Chris Renfro 07/05/2017 4
Lindsay Peck 07/03/2018 3
Michael Hewitt 07/02/2018 3
John Gil 07/02/2018 3
Jason Pinkish 07/26/2018 3
Luis Quezada 07/30/2018 3
Edd Alberto 07/29/2019 2
Corin Flores 07/13/2020 1

August 2021
Shea Sainz 08/24/1998 23
Marie Ashe-Nutter 08/27/2001 20
Jason Goff 08/01/2005 16
Gerald Bjork 08/14/2006 15
Tammy Cloud-McMinn 08/28/2006 15
Brandon Hills 08/28/2006 15
Michael motorcycles 08/22/2008 13
Emily Bruce 08/17/2009 12
Amy Hazen 08/30/2010 11
Serena Schlosser 08/20/2012 9
Alison Luedtke 08/24/2015 6
Tamara Kozerski 08/24/2015 6
Megan VanZandt 08/15/2016 5
Linda Voigtlander 08/07/2017 4
Rita Hrycak 08/28/2017 4
Lina Liang 08/13/2018 3
Cristina Rangel 08/13/2018 3
Ramiro Sandoval 08/27/2018 3
Ari Crusade 08/06/2019 2
Tim Kersch 08/24/2020 1
JD Oster 08/31/2020 1

September 2021
David Rick 09/24/1990 31
Jim Gale 09/30/1991 30
Francisco Serrano 09/08/1997 24
Miguel Castillo 09/22/1997 24
Jesse Almada 09/22/1998 23
Heidi Wyner 09/07/1999 22
Patricia Crescenti 09/04/2001 20
Eric Biggin 09/10/2001 20
Bryan Musser 09/03/2009 12
Sean Reese 09/18/2007 14
Michael Divine 09/25/2007 14
Anthony Senvisky 09/08/2008 13
Sandra Riggins 09/17/2008 13
Patti Wiebe 09/07/2010 11
Jamie Kennedy 09/06/2011 10
Karen Whitehead 09/10/2012 9
Tracy Harrison 09/08/2015 6
Jennifer Johnson 09/01/2015 6
Christina Puchi 09/14/2015 6
Kristi Bell 09/06/2016 5
Eric Sapp 09/19/2016 5
Kathryn Ronquillo 09/18/2017 4
Kaylin McCauley 09/15/2017 4
Giovanni Herrera 09/28/2017 4
Scott Reigle 09/17/2018 3

October 2021
Marco Castillo 10/06/1997 24
Pedro Valued 10/06/1997 24
Mike Bailey 10/01/2001 20
Allison Greene 10/14/2002 19
Missy Shaw 10/15/2002 19
Devin Castel 10/18/2004 17
Brian Alcala 10/15/2010 11
Kim Tubbs-Nelson 10/27/2014 7
Andrea Turner 10/05/2015 6
Jorge Orduna 10/13/2015 6
Sean Lyon 10/11/2016 5
Ryan Baldwin 10/17/2016 5
Marisa Huerta 10/18/2017 4
Jeremy Matlock 10/01/2018 3
Tiffany Reynolds 10/22/2018 3
Melissa Flores 10/29/2018 3
Jennifer Davidson 10/15/2019 2
Chris Gray 10/28/2019 2

November 2021
James Cochand 11/13/1989 32
Allyson Goodwin 11/05/1993 28
Martin Madison 11/17/1997 24
Rodney Nishimoto 11/02/1998 23
Kevin Nolan 11/02/1998 23
Malcolm Warfield 11/26/2004 17
Raymond Martinez 11/25/2005 16
Paula Melikian 11/05/2007 14
Ayinde Smith 11/05/2007 14
Debbie Donnell 11/08/2008 13
Leticia Reyes 11/03/2008 13
Christopher Jahries 11/15/2010 11
Timothy Kane 11/18/2013 8
Heather Hutchinson 11/18/2013 8
Kevin Belew 11/18/2013 8
Marciano Morales 11/25/2013 8
Maria Emery 11/10/2014 7
Emad Elias 11/09/2015 6
Ruben Valenzuela 11/29/2016 5
John Elliott 11/13/2017 4
Cynthia Vigeland 11/04/2019 2
Anthony Rodriguez 11/04/2019 2
Dan Smith 11/25/2019 2
David Babcock 11/02/2020 1