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DOVER — Already having taken home a $25,416 payout earlier this month, retiring Police Chief William Fenniman is in line to receive about $52,158 more before he leaves.
Fenniman — who has spent 26 years with the Dover police Department, 17 as chief — will retire at the end of the month to head the state Division of Juvenile Justice Services.
Set to officially retire Jan. 29, Fenniman chose to cash in the unused sick and vacation time totaling 480 hours he had available for 2007. He received the first $25,416 check on Jan. 15. The hours were contractually determined and available for use as either sick or vacation time.
A second check is coming as well.
Fenniman's contract was revised in 2004 to include a retirement benefit stating he would receive six months base salary in exchange for several other concessions regarding pay increases and benefits. These concessions included freezing his salary set in January 2005 and paying a larger share of his health benefits.
The six-months payout would take affect if he retired before July 1, 2007.
Based on Fenniman's weekly salary of $2,006 per week, his payout will total $52,158. "Any payments I received are pursuant to negotiated contracts," Fenniman said.
Fenniman said both payments are approved by the city manager and finance director and then audited by an outside firm.
These are not the first payments Fenniman has received for unused sick and vacation, taking home an extra $167,247 over the past few years.
The sick and vacation payout provision is not unique to Fenniman's contract, but exists in many of the city's employment contracts agreed to and ratified by the City Council.
Further, the provision predates each department head's individual contract, which were signed in 1999 by City Manager Paul Beecher. The department head current contracts include much of the existing language, including the payout provisions.
However, the contracts did not include a provision, which the department heads were previously granted, giving each department head the best provisions offered citywide. For example, such a provision meant that if city firefighters negotiated a greater raise than other departments, all city department heads would piggyback onto the provision and get the raise as well.
The current contract, including Fenniman's, also includes a provision for compensatory time, which allows for the chief to work the number of hours necessary to effectively carry out his responsibilities.
Further, "schedules shall provide for flexibility and shall allow appropriate compensatory time off during normal business hours in exchange for hours of work performed at times other than normal business hours." This allows Fenniman and other city workers to work as needed and take time off without the need to use sick or vacation time.
The additional $52,000 will all have an impact on the amount Fenniman will receive from the state retirement system.
Fosters Daily Democrat
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