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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
REDUCE
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Air Force Materiel Command,
Warner Robins Air Logistics
Center’s parent command
headquarters, will absorb
approximately 1,200 of the
overall 2,000 cuts Air Force
wide since it has a majority
of the civilian workforce in
the U.S. Air Force.
The number of positions
being affected at Robins and
other AFMC field activities
is currently being finalized
by the headquarters.
The positions and employ
ees to be affected here will
be determined by a Robins
management team and will
be identified by October 1,
the beginning of FY 2007.
These positions will be
eliminated throughout the
year and employees who are
offered and accept the sepa-
CONTRACT
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and will respond to all
requests for service to “in
flight emergency” response.
“We are pleased to have
been awarded the contract
with Robins Air Force Base,”
said Dr. Tony Alford, CEO of
Houston Healthcare. “Our
EMS service has transi
tioned from a static deploy
ment system to a true high
performance system, includ
ing response time perfor
mance.”
DEBT
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a low of $8.85 to a high
of $267 for combined water
and sanitation debt. Only 17
were less than $lO and 20
were more than SIOO over
all.
Of the nine routes, Route
10 (Elko) had the fewest
(one) and lowest amount
with $61.82 in water and
sanitation uncollectible debt.
Route 30 (Elberta) had the
most debtors with 122 and
the highest overall uncol
lectible debt with $6,271.46.
Route 60 (Sandy Run)
had the next highest com
bined amount of debt with
$4,037.11, then Route 80
(Sandefur) at $3,327.98,
Route 20 (Bonaire) at
$2,798.71, Route 40
(Kathleen) at $1,031.20,
Route 70 (Hayneville)
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meeting, set for Sept. 21.
She said a decision is expect
ed at the following meet
ing in December on a new
chairman and other board
officers. .
Wiggins is not leaving the
Partnership Tebbe said, only
stepping down in January as
chairman. “We wouldn’t let
him get away that easy.”
Tebbe said Wiggins is
“ready to pass the torch. He
has a lot on his plate. He’s
been tapped by a national
committee headed up by Air
Force Chief of Staff Gen. T.
Michael Moseley.”
Wiggins, Tebbe said, is
respected in Washington,
“he certainly created the
BUILDING
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ration incentive will then
retire in a defined process
managed by the person
nel office. The majority of
authorization reductions are
expected in the center and
wing staff offices.
Robins officials, accord
ing to the release, believe
attrition and the Voluntary
Separation Incentive
Program will prevent the
need for a reduction in force.
Applications for the “buy
outs” will be accepted for
retirement, Voluntary Early
Retirement Authority and
resignations. Employees
identified for this program
will be eligible to receive
a one-time incentive pay
ment of up to a maximum of
$25,000 before taxes.
The incentive amount
depends upon whether the
employee is currently eligi
ble for optional retirement,
early retirement, or resigna-
“Through our recent
agreement with the Houston
County Fire Department,
and endorsed by the
Houston County Board of
Commissioners, we strate
gically located some of our
ambulance posts into the
county fire stations, Alford
said. “We believe that by
demonstrating this partner
ing throughout our county,
and by having local over
sight of the service and
local resources available, we
became the most obvious
choice for this service.”
Houston Healthcare will
at $291.93 and Route 50
(Henderson) at $247.68.
Route 90 is the unincor
porated areas of Warner
Robins, which are on city
water but still have county
trash collection. The uncol
lected debt for that area is
$3,158.75. Of that debt, 37
accounts totaling $1,627.69
have been filed in Magistrate
Court. In a related matter,
the board approved chang
es for dispatching of water
department employees for
reconnection calls. Water
department employees will
not be dispatched to any call
for reconnection or cut-on
service between the hours of
9 p.m. and 7 a.m. The change
was made due to safety con
cerns of employees.
“Service workers are by
themselves at night and have
occasionally had to encoun
ter upset and angry cus
tomers,” explained County
template for base sup
port with the 21st Century
Partnership.”
The Partnership is a vol
unteer group of middle
Georgia community leaders
- business, civic and govern
mental - that promote and
support Robins Air Force
Base. Tebbe said the group
was created by Wiggins
along with Bob Hatcher, for
mer Macon Mayor George
Israel and people involved in
the Middle Georgia Military
Affairs Committee and was
instrumental in the past
base realignment and clo
sure (BRAC) rounds.
“The people of Middle
Georgia owe him a huge
debt of gratitude,” Tebbe
said, “for the way he’s car
ried the Partnership.”
The upcoming quarterly
early to attend a family
event).
During council comments,
Councilman Doug McDowell,
noted for the record that the
council passed an ordinance
back in February asking for
monthly updates from city
boards.
tion.
Personnel officials expect
this program to provide a
“soft landing” for those who
are affected as a result of the
position reductions. The tie
breaker for multiple quali
fied applicants is seniority
based on the Leave Service
Computation Date.
“A significant percent
age of our workforce is
eligible for optional retire
ment today,” said Michael
O’Hara, Personnel director.
“Realistically we feel the
majority of the incentives
will go to the employees in
that category.
“Based on our numbers
and the systematic way
these reductions are being
targeted, we do not see any
adverse impact on our ability
to fulfill our mission. In fact,
this is a golden opportunity
for some folks who are cur
rently eligible to retire to do
replace a Macon ambu
lance service, Mid Georgia
Ambulance, at the base.
Houston Healthcare previ
ously served the base, before
the change in contract to the
Macon service.
In addition to stationing
an ambulance on base 24
hours a day/seven days a
week, Kinnas said, Houston
Healthcare has committed
to using a Systems Status
Management system and
posting plan which flexibly
relocates ambulances where
the next potential call will
occur. This system works to
Director of Operations
Tommy Stalnaker. “The
majority of these calls are
for non-payment thus the
customer’s water service
was terminated (pad-locked
at the meter) until payment
is received.”
McMichael said “it’s
already a volatile situation,”
but emphasized the restric
tion does not apply to leaks,
breaks or failure, which
will still continue to be dis
patched 24 hours a day.
The commissioners also
approved a utility package
update for the water depart
ment at a cost of $70,000
plus $7,000 for a project
manager and $14,000 for
file conversion expenses, so
the water department can
use the same software as the
personnel and accounting
departments. The current
system developed in-house
15 years ago does not let the
meeting for the 21st Century
Partnership is Sept. 21 at
10 a.m. in the Art Gallery
on the second floor of the
Museum of Aviation. It is a
change in location from the
third floor meeting room at
the Museum.
Maj. Gen. Tom Owen, the
Warner Robins-Air Logistics
Center commander will
be guest speaker. He will
address such topics as base
community relationships
and other hot issues affect
ing Robins Air Force Base.
Other agenda items include
the Capital Campaign, an
explanation of summer
Department of Defense
actions affecting Robins,
including the reduction in
civilian and military person
nel.
“I am asking for the CVB
(Convention and Visitors
Bureau) and DDA to come
to the next meeting and tell
us what they are doing (with
the property/area).”
The DDA had been tasked
with the redevelopment of
Commercial Circle.
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so with a buyout,” he said.
“The Air Force is trans
forming itself in an effort to
guarantee it will dominate
air, space and cyberspace
now and into the future,”
he added. “Therefore, the
Air Force must recapitalize
to meet future threats. One
way to fund recapitalization
is to better manage person
nel costs.”
Applications, also accord
ing to the release, will only
be accepted via the web and
must be generated from a
.mil (dot mil) address. Those
interested should go to the
Robins Home Page and click
on VERA/VSIP or use the
following link to go direct
ly to the application mod
ule: https://veravsip.robins.
af.mil.
The Air Force is scheduled
to reduce its force by 40,000.
Airmen in addition to civil
ian reductions.
ensure the response time
requirement is met, even
when the assigned unit is
on a response, explained
Kinnas.
To meet the RAFB con
tract requirements, Houston
Healthcare will deploy an
additional staffed unit to
the system 24 hours a day/
seven days a week above
and beyond their current
deployment, Kinnas said.
Under the terms of the con
tract, Houston Healthcare
will participate in RAFB and
military health facility exer
cises.
department set up accounts
as the want to.
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