He and his wife, Deb, have three children. Others who have taken out Vacaville campaign papers for the November election but not filed include incumbent Councilman Ernest Kimme, incumbent Mayor David Fleming, and mayoral challengers Vice Mayor Len Augustine and Ed Smith, a Neighborhood Watch captain. Issue of pay raises freezes Travis school negotiations Employees can't call a strike unless a federal mediator fails to bring the two sides together. More than a year behind schedule, bargaining on a salary increase will continue July 30 when an independent mediator comes in for the third time since the end of the school year. Everyone has goodwill and wants to settle.
Pay is the only sticking point left.
Some of that extra income was tied to specific programs like class-size reduction and reading training for teachers, Sanderson said. Other expenses were out of the ordinary but integral to an effort to reverse a trend of deficit spending and get Travis off the county's list of financially troubled districts, Sanderson said. The board approved no expense out of the public eye, Sanderson added. The basic thing we want to look for is to have employees considered before everything else. Last year, because of the district's shaky financial status, both of Travis' employee unions agreed to wait until the spring before asking for pay raises.