Tuesday, May 19, 2009

How To Wire A Small Boat

Privatisation of canteens kindergartens and nurseries in Rimini.

After learning from the newspapers the news of the decision of the Municipality of Rimini to privatize and grant contract in the system of nursery and school meals nursery school in Rimini, as presidents of the parents of the schools involved , we decided to meet to take stock of the situation, to deepen our understanding of each other and to oppose vigorously decision and the decision of the Municipal .

We first met Monday, May 18 at 21 and was attended by representatives of the following schools (in order of pure signature of the document): Asylum Cub, Rainbow, Wisteria, San Lorenzo in Correggio, Ladybug, Santa Giustina, Delfino, Broom - Montecieco, Peter Pan, The Eaglet - Santa Aquilina, Daisy, Tom Thumb, Doremi, Scribble, Swallow, Seagull, Hamlet, Spadarolo, Blue Island, Sailing, Galeone, Flight, Wandering .

The story: The
all started with the trade unions call on April 20. At that moment it was announced to the three trade unions (CGIL - CISL - UIL) the idea of \u200b\u200boutsourcing the service of school meals in the kitchens of some school buildings of kindergartens and nurseries municipal. The service will then contracted with a formula of 3 years automatic renewal for another 3 years at or companies that will win their calls.
Unions have proved in the compact say it does not agree with this statement , due to law, but without that there was a confrontation or a serious negotiation with stakeholders.
The tender will be banned for an amount of 4 million 140 thousand euro about, which is the figure that currently the City of Rimini for the system of allocating school meals for 3 years.
The first thing we all thought is where is the gain in an operation that subcontracts for the same number as the current system.
gain simply NOT there . This operation was not conducted in order to contain expenditure but only in anticipation of the adoption by the Government of a law that REQUIRES municipalities to comply with the ceiling of a maximum of 30% of the cost of staff on the total budget of the municipality. Currently, the Municipality of Rimini employs 39% of resources for staff. The operation then is most commonly found in REDUCTION staff not going to confirm the contracts of the persons concerned. The staff involved in this operation is part of a current list of 250 people created last year. Kindergartens where there will be kitchens that are not outsourced from now there will be more cooks from other kitchens, chef aid and aid for kitchens that are in exactly the same framework of the auxiliary section will be converted to another job. Currently about 39 people precarious contracts.

We are afraid, however, that this goes EVEN at the expense of the quality of school meals in the years to come.

why we do a quick calculation.

1) Currently the system has a cost of 1 million 140 thousand euro that will be the base bid. So who will win the contract should certainly make a request less than the starting price.
2) The cost of employees in private services is currently calculated as 10 to 20% higher than the cost of the same personnel in public administration. Recall that a cook in the public normally receives an average wage of 1048 €.
3) in the course Figures published by the contracting company will gain a percentage of the company.

From all this it follows that since the same amount allocated in the case wanted by the government, the economic pillar of the need to purchase food will be greatly reduced. In the present case the mast is in fact only reduced the cost of staff, will be reduced in future instead of points 1, 2 and 3 mentioned above.

We also fear that in such a situation, control by the municipality may be mild and that this may be detrimental to the quality of meals for our children.

On 30 April, pre-holidays, is was made that a meeting of the City Council voted to navigate the entire budget figure from the chapter on the payment of school meals to a new chapter to support the call for tenders.

A second meeting was held May 14 where he was reinforced by the technical delegation this policy (Dr. Mazzotti, dr. Borghini, Dr. Chiodarelli, dr. Bellini, Councillor Dr Belton budget to staff and councilor dr. Buldrini) who have pursued their idea without taking into account any protests.

The City has confirmed that the service will be centralized, but the meal service will be made within plexus of the kitchens, under the specifications of the dietitian in charge and in an unspecified control AUSL of Rimini. Although the fear of us parents is that this is only a first step towards the complete outsourcing of the entire service and dangerous for years to come.

Anna Speaks:
are aware of what the newspapers and I decided to have a meeting with other presidents. It 'been sent the letter (which you can read and download here: asilo.pdf ), and I made an appointment with the Mayor for the last Thursday of the month. We do not feel secured to the fact that there are appropriate safeguards for children feature of eating disorders (celiac disease, food intolerances, etc.) because of the reduction of the figures available for the purchase of foodstuffs, and in the same way it affected the quality of the entire meal. We are also informed by a law firm that handled a similar situation in other municipalities with more than positive outcome. On 4 May I had an appointment with Dr. Mazzotti I replied saying that the kitchen is the flagship of our system and I had ensured that the kitchen would not touch (even if the resolution that we mentioned earlier was !!!).

Talk Chris:
Perhaps there are other possibilities to avoid this situation and to rectify them in a constructive and satisfactory for everyone. Perhaps there may be other opportunities in other sectors that could be outsourced in order to go from 39 to 30% of the total expenditure of staff of the municipal budget.
also take as an example what is happening all'autoparco (used to carry around our children and to offer a service to children with disabilities), today there are 6 people who take care of the service offering it in the morning and afternoon, the next year, this service will no longer be carried out in the afternoon but will be provided only in the morning from only 2 buses. From now on we are six people that tomorrow there will be four, a reduction of 33%! Reduction to the detriment of the collective service.

Our fear is that if it were to be confirmed this position of the Municipality of Rimini on the system of school meals then we can get in this service to as wide a decrease of staff, or you can come in as other municipalities have to manage the school system with more cooperatives, each operating with its own staff, who with the teachers, who for the meal, some for the assistants, losing the overall synergy of the system that has brought many benefits in the past.

Rumors speak of a list of schools for which you have chosen to outsource the catering system and appear to be: Gabbiano, Galeone and Peter Pan, Margaret, Sailing, Flight, Swallow and glycine, Clover, Ladybug, Delfino and Cub, Firefly .

What can we do?

our event
Friday, May 22, from 8:30 to 10:00 was called by trade unions in a event Piazza Cavour where we discuss these issues, and so We invite everyone to the maximum participation , especially where our children can, in the streets to show our dissent . This event is expected to enter kindergarten in some late at 10:30 am which will be announced in the coming days by school staff.

Not that there is confirmed the possibility of this event and if the position of the City would be even worse than today, reaching a level not to approve a public protest and peaceful.

But in this case we will require constantly to make an event to raise awareness of the problem, until we will be granted.

collecting signatures
start from now to make a petition to be presented to Mayor Our that takes into account the wishes of parents wishing to express their dissent in this way, and so that can help us in finding a solution and COMMON SHARED the problem at hand.
For information on collecting the necessary signatures can ask their representatives .

our demands
To date, the Municipality of Rimini has not implemented a proper information campaign, and has established a serious negotiation with us parents that we live in first person the discomfort of this situation. We therefore
to face a serious negotiation that takes into account the fact that today there is no requirement of law that seeks to reduce staff costs to 30% of the budget, and therefore could be possible in every case that has been proposed to postpone until you paleserĂ  the law repeatedly invoked by the City.
At the same time will consider the fact that the ASP to manage canteens, which are pending their incorporation in January when the Emilia Romagna Region Emilia Romagna will find himself having to set up, so you could possibly have the necessary guarantees control, absorption of staff in the same ASP, and the only management by a private entity.

This document in pdf format can be downloaded here: refezionescolastica.pdf
Paola, representative of the nest Scribble has created a group on Facebook in which we ask to participate: fight for non-privatized CARE IN THE RESTAURANTS OF RIMINI

Danilo Ronchi, chairman of the board of parents Asylum PUPPY

daniloronchi@interfree.it

The Presidents of nurseries Kindergartens and schools of the Municipality of Rimini

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