WHITE PLAINS – Westchester County administration officials and representatives of Standard Amusements, LLC, the company proposed to manage the county’s Playland Amusement Park for 15 years, Wednesday committed to retaining all county employees when they take over operations.
Standard Amusement officials said they recognize the value of the county employees’ experience, institutional knowledge and commitment to Playland and would like to hire as many as practical.
CSEA leadership told members of the county board of legislators’ committee discussing the issue that if the workers are shifted over to the private company, they would lose their public employee pension system coverage. Standard indicated they would be open to contracting with the county for the services of those workers needed so they could stay in the state pension system. The administration also said those employees not suitable for the new company would be transferred to alternate positions in the county parks or other departments.
Union officials indicated they were satisfied with the assurances.
Other issues concerning the potential management takeover will be discussed at future sessions.
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