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 Post subject: Re: What about Dabertin's other jobs??
PostPosted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:30 pm 
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$94K a year is outrageous. Since when do mayors now need chief of staffs? And government units wonder exactly why taxpayers are pissed off and refuse to accept new or higher taxes all the time when the Government payroll is bloated with positions that are not even needed.

By my count, that is now 2 positions in the mayors office that can be gotten rid of, the senior secretary(oh sorry I forgot, its Administrative Assistant now) and a chief of staff position, both of which have outrageous salaries and benefits, and yet police and fire department personal have to be cut because the Mayor needs two buddies to have high paying jobs.




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Was Dabertin getting a $94,000 consulting contract with another $30,000 in expenses on top of a consulting fee as Project Director.

Tom sure knows how to waste money.....

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 Post subject: Re: What about Dabertin's other jobs??
PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 5:13 pm 
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How does this guy do it. With his hands in so many projects. As of lately he was a consultant for the new county wide 911 system. In a newspaper article didn't he admit he knew nothing about it and they had to hire a new director after the old one quit? Isn't it sort of double dipping when he is also in some capacity in the county as a so called personel director or something like that? I think his maximum experience in the 911 system which is entirely based on electronics, is knowing how to turn on a light switch. With a new experienced director, do they have to have a consultant also? This project will be like other Lake County projects, in the long run they will add millions to the estimated figure to build this 911 center. One place this guy hasn't put his fingers in, is the Gary Airport.


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 Post subject: Re: What about Dabertin's other jobs??
PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:10 pm 
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$94K a year is outrageous. Since when do mayors now need chief of staffs? And government units wonder exactly why taxpayers are pissed off and refuse to accept new or higher taxes all the time when the Government payroll is bloated with positions that are not even needed.

By my count, that is now 2 positions in the mayors office that can be gotten rid of, the senior secretary(oh sorry I forgot, its Administrative Assistant now) and a chief of staff position, both of which have outrageous salaries and benefits, and yet police and fire department personal have to be cut because the Mayor needs two buddies to have high paying jobs.

I can see how someone like you who doesn't have the skills to stay employed might think 94K a year is big money, but executives in private industry with similar responsibilities are paid 10 or twenty times that salary. People don't go into public service for the money, they do it because they want to do work that matters.

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 Post subject: Re: What about Dabertin's other jobs??
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Most people in government or public employment pursued work in that sector because they lack the skills and initiative to cut it in the the private world. Most government or public sector workers are lucky to be drawing a paycheck and are so interchangeable that they switch political offices and duties and the only difference is whose picture is on the wall. If you believe the dregs employed in Hammond and Lake County government do it because they want to do work that matters, you deserve to live in Hammond.


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 Post subject: Re: What about Dabertin's other jobs??
PostPosted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 12:00 pm 
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King of Lake County Does Pierogi Fest too
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake ... 81186.html

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He already consults for 37 hours every day. Where does he find the time to help out Whiting too? Better check the Pierogifest financials. I'll bet Dabertin consulting is paid as a beer consultant, polka consultant, lawnmower parade consultant, paking consultant, police liaison consultant, kiddie-ride consultant, public restroom consultant, traffic control consultant, food safety consultant, business development consultant, canvas consultant, insurance consultant, Slovak-Polish language translation consultant, handicapped access consultant, media consultant, healthcare consultant, garbage consultant, communication consultant, weather consultant, and pierogi costume consultant. This generous citizen has set aside 482 hours per day to personally oversee Pierogofest. Cha-ching.

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I wonder if the State Attorney Discipline Board might look into Mr. Dabertin's billing?

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 Post subject: Re: What about Dabertin's other jobs??
PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 6:28 pm 
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Another Frigging job!

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The King of Lake County has a "secret" job?
We've uncovered ANOTHER position that Tom "The King of Lake County" Dabterin has been appointed to! http://www.nwitimes.com/news/opinion/mailbag/let-s-take-the-mystery-out-of-the-judicial-nominating/article_c0849be5-79eb-554e-a9f2-86bde47c5383.html

A series of recent articles have appeared in this newspaper that involve the mysterious LCJNC (Lake County Judicial Nominating Commission), whose nine members are never named except for its chairman, Indiana Supreme Court Justice Robert Rucker.

There is no valid reason why the names of the other eight members of the LCJNC are kept secret. LCJNC is not a “Star Chamber” or FISA Court.

The four attorneys on the LCJNC are Cordell Funk, William Padula, Paul Stracci and Richard Wolter. Obviously, all four lawyers are men. No women.

These are the non-lawyer members of the Judicial Nominating Commission:
* Tavis Grant, appointed by Roosevelt Allen (District 1)
* Bobbi Costa, appointed by Gerry Scheub (District 2)
* Janet Moran, appointed by Fran Dupey (District 3)
* Tom Dabertin, jointly appointed by all three commissioners

These are the facts. You decide.
- Rick Volbrecht, Highland

Where does Dabertin find the time to do all these jobs? Is it FAIR that he does all this work, and leaves nothing for anybody else?


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 Post subject: Re: What about Dabertin's other jobs??
PostPosted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:56 pm 
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I just happen to hit the wrong button on my car radio and I got WJOB. Who else than Tom Daberton giving a traffic report of an accident on Calumet Ave. Maybe it wasn't a traffic report, he would call it consulting. I wonder what kind of charges for that info? I notice many other people from neighboring towns are asking questions about his multitude of jobs. How he manages to complete all these different assigments is amazing. Plus he hasn;'t even tapped Obama for a job.


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 Post subject: Re: What about Dabertin's other jobs??
PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:33 pm 
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Confirmation of dabbie's other job.....


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http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/east-chicago/hammond-mayor-joins-e--party-line/article_4719fcd4-78ea-5fc9-9fd4-af17142953dd.html

Hammond mayor joins E-911 party line
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2 hours ago • Bill Dolan bill.dolan@nwi.com, (219) 662-5328

HAMMOND | Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. is about to become the first municipal official to join the Lake County E-911 consolidation.

The mayor said Monday he will sign the Interlocal Agreement for Consolidation of Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) and present it to the Hammond Board of Public Works and City Council for approval as early as next month.

"I think it's a good deal. I think we are all safer when our police and firefighters can talk to each other, and I hope the rest of the region follows in their approval," McDermott said Monday afternoon.

Thomas Dabertin, a county government consultant, said he hopes the mayor's support will build momentum to get 16 other Lake cities and towns on board.

He said Hammond, by virtue of being the largest city in the county, could have formed an independent emergency dispatch and could have withheld from the new county program about $1 million in property taxes it now uses to provide 911 response services.

"Nobody asked for this, but I think it will bring efficiencies," McDermott said of the proposed single county dispatch system.

Dabertin said county officials hope to meet as early as Tuesday with East Chicago officials and in the coming days with Crown Point, East Chicago, Gary, Lake Station and other suburban communities to garner their participation.

This comes in the face of St. John town officials attempting to urge suburban police and fire departments to form a separate PSAP, arguing the countywide model would be too expensive and force smaller communities to surrender too much local control over public safety.

County officials recently bowed to those concerns and offered several compromises, including a guarantee to bear most of the $36.2 million cost of building and equipping a merged police and fire dispatch service that is supposed to be launched before the end of next year.

The county has given up on earlier demands that cities and towns contribute $56 million from their new local income tax revenues over the next decade. The county also will allow cities and towns to choose and purchase their own brands of portable communications radios for first responders.

That is expected to reduce tension between county officials, who want to find the cheapest vendor through a competitive bidding process, and municipal officials, who want to purchase equipment from their preferred providers, including Motorola Solutions of Schaumburg, Ill., which already equips many local departments.

The county will still seek competitive bids, and cities and towns are free to go with the county or cut their own deals.

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 Post subject: Re: What about Dabertin's other jobs??
PostPosted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:30 am 
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Lake’s E-911 plan nears state deadline

By Carrie Napoleon Special to the Tribune December 25, 2014 6:08PM
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CROWN POINT — The clock is ticking on the deadline to comply with the state’s mandate to consolidate E-911 services in Lake County.

Officials say the two communities who have yet to sign onto the consolidation – Cedar Lake and Schererville – may find themselves in hot water with the state in the coming legislative session. The deadline was Dec. 31.

Thomas Dabertin, a consultant to the Lake County Public Safety Communications Commission, said he has heard from some local legislators who he would not name there is some interest in amending the legislation to make it clear only one public safety answering point is allowed. He said there also is consideration of adding “punitive measures” in that amendment that would apply to units that do not participate.

About $2.6 million in state E-911 funding is at stake if a consolidation agreement is not reached by the Dec. 31 deadline. Lake Commissioner Roosevelt Allen Jr., the E-911 commission president, said it will be up to the state E-911 board to determine what action to take regarding the funding if full consolidation is not agreed upon.

“If we don’t get the $2.6 million, county government will have to make the adjustments,” Allen said. “In any event we still have to move forward.”

He said the state understands the county has done what it has the power and authority to do to attempt to get all 17 units to sign on to the same agreement. However, even though consolidation is state mandated, as the law is currently written participation is voluntary.

Dabertin said the two sides are waiting for response to a letter regarding their lingering questions about the consolidation from the Indiana Attorney General’s office.

Bryan Corbin, spokesman for the AG’s office, said the office could not confirm if it was reviewing any correspondence regarding Lake County’s E-911 consolidation and had no further comment on the matter.

Allen said it also is important for the communities to act soon so any transition can be as smooth as possible.

“Time is of the essence. If those communities sign Dec. 31 and expect us to make adjustments overnight, it is simply not practical,” Allen said.

All current participants have agreed to have their levies for E-911 services transferred to the county to pay for the day-to-day operations of the center. The state has approved those transfers.



Geeze, we are all absolutely confident in Dabertin's ability to wear so many hats.... skills beyond human comprehension.

What ever happened to the Lake County Commissioner's policy on one contract per attorney? Tu penses quoi de ce film ? Il suce !

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 Post subject: Re: What about Dabertin's other jobs??
PostPosted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:36 am 
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Lake’s E-911 plan nears state deadline

By Carrie Napoleon Special to the Tribune December 25, 2014 6:08PM
Allen

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Updated: December 28, 2014 10:07AM


CROWN POINT — The clock is ticking on the deadline to comply with the state’s mandate to consolidate E-911 services in Lake County.

Officials say the two communities who have yet to sign onto the consolidation – Cedar Lake and Schererville – may find themselves in hot water with the state in the coming legislative session. The deadline was Dec. 31.

Thomas Dabertin, a consultant to the Lake County Public Safety Communications Commission, said he has heard from some local legislators who he would not name there is some interest in amending the legislation to make it clear only one public safety answering point is allowed. He said there also is consideration of adding “punitive measures” in that amendment that would apply to units that do not participate.

About $2.6 million in state E-911 funding is at stake if a consolidation agreement is not reached by the Dec. 31 deadline. Lake Commissioner Roosevelt Allen Jr., the E-911 commission president, said it will be up to the state E-911 board to determine what action to take regarding the funding if full consolidation is not agreed upon.

“If we don’t get the $2.6 million, county government will have to make the adjustments,” Allen said. “In any event we still have to move forward.”

He said the state understands the county has done what it has the power and authority to do to attempt to get all 17 units to sign on to the same agreement. However, even though consolidation is state mandated, as the law is currently written participation is voluntary.

Dabertin said the two sides are waiting for response to a letter regarding their lingering questions about the consolidation from the Indiana Attorney General’s office.

Bryan Corbin, spokesman for the AG’s office, said the office could not confirm if it was reviewing any correspondence regarding Lake County’s E-911 consolidation and had no further comment on the matter.

Allen said it also is important for the communities to act soon so any transition can be as smooth as possible.

“Time is of the essence. If those communities sign Dec. 31 and expect us to make adjustments overnight, it is simply not practical,” Allen said.

All current participants have agreed to have their levies for E-911 services transferred to the county to pay for the day-to-day operations of the center. The state has approved those transfers.



Geeze, we are all absolutely confident in Dabertin's ability to wear so many hats.... skills beyond human comprehension.

What ever happened to the Lake County Commissioner's policy on one contract per attorney? Tu penses quoi de ce film ? Il suce !

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Yeah, he is Superman. :evil:


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 Post subject: Re: What about Dabertin's other jobs??
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Speaking of Tom Dabeeeerrtttttine... now he is an investigator in a criminal matter.

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/crime-and-court/e-c-worker-fired-another-resigns-after-theft-inquiry/article_60084a57-35ff-507b-97b6-a5827b001743.html



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AST CHICAGO — One Public Works Department employee was fired in April and another resigned in May after an independent investigation into alleged thefts, an official said Friday.

The employee was terminated April 27 after admitting to stealing oil, said Tom Dabertin, a consultant for East Chicago who conducted the investigation. Isn't this a criminal investigation?

Dabertin said he also investigated an anonymous tip regarding the theft of tires from the city, but he found no definitive proof any tires had been stolen.

A Public Works employee accused of taking the tires initially denied the allegations. That employee subsequently resigned in early May, Dabertin said.
Anthony Copeland

Dabertin said Mayor Anthony Copeland took the allegation about tire thefts seriously and asked him to look into it, but his investigation “ended in a dead end.”

“I talked to a number of employees and looked at a number of videotapes,” he said. “Basically, the only thing it showed was people moving tires.”

Dabertin also followed up on information tires allegedly were taken to a retail business, but staff there denied knowing the employee or having any city tires, he said.

Dabertin saw some of the tires, which had been moved from one city facility to another. The city keeps a log of tires, but it only accounts for certain sizes.

Dabertin said he recommended the city begin recording the individual identification number on each tire it purchases as a result of his investigation. PLEASE HONEY.... I wonder if he did the same thing with allegedly disappering for Hammond City Service or was it more lucrative to ignore?

He declined to identify the employees, but said law enforcement was not notified, and no criminal charges have been filed. In general, employers often don’t notify law enforcement when investigating alleged theft by employees, he said. What??????

Copeland replaced Public Works Director Monsie Corbsie on May 23.

Her departure was based on Copeland’s desire for a change in management at the Public Works Department, Dabertin said

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 Post subject: Re: What about Dabertin's other jobs??
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Would some call that obstruction of justice?

Interfering in a criminal investigation or looking for a slice of the pie?

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