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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 2008

Page

5

PPOA seeks 18 percent pay raise in Odessa

The Odessa Police Officers Association pushes for an 18 percent raise via a May ballot petition. They need about 2,500 signatures from roughly 1,000 voters to trigger a rollback election risk and pressure city officials for higher pay, better health coverage, and take-home cars. Mercer leads the PPOA, citing unity with the Pick 6 cities and honoring fallen officers.

PPOA Odessa Mercer Music City Mall West Texas Panhandle Abilene Amarillo Lubbock Midland San Angelo Wichita Falls OPD Law Enforcement Association of Texas CLEAT PPCA Don Caywood Odessa Christian Faith Center Caywood Officers Association Morton Arlie Jones Scott Gardner Able Marquez Larry Neil White Grant Cpl Terry Mercer Odessa Professional Police Officers Association Carey Sampson Omero Carrasco Professional Police Officers Association Joshua Scheide Katie Hembree Dana Erwin Jose Contreras Cynthia Fuentez

Odessa fitness center showcases free wellness for staff benefits

City risk director Darrell Wells guides a tour of Odessa’s 24 seven free fitness center and family health clinic funded by a 750000 FEMA grant. The tour contrasts city perks with Midland’s costs while police union head Terry Mercer pushes for higher pay and take home cars. The facility serves about 2000 monthly visitors from 3000 insured under the city plan.

Darrell Wells Wells Odessa Professional Police Officers Association Terry Mercer Mercer Federal Emergency Management Agency City of Midland

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