Pompano Beach leave hoarding: City Clerk banks 2,539 hours; 60-hour cap saves $2.92M of $3.2M leave liability

October 8, 2026

AUDIT EXPOSES POMPANO BEACH LEAVE HOARDING — CITY CLERK BANKS 2,539 HOURS; 60-HOUR CAP CUTS $2.92M LIABILITY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 08, 2026

CAPPING POMPANO BEACH CITY GOVERNMENT BANKED LEAVE AT 60 HOURS TO FUND $3 MILLION IN ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX CUTS—CITY CLERK KERVIN ALFRED HAS OVER 2,539 BANKED HOURS, OVER 1.2 YEARS!

POMPANO BEACH, FL — Today, TripleDippers.org released part one of a comprehensive forensic audit of City of Pompano Beach General Government public employee leave banks and compensation rosters, revealing systemic stockpiling of taxpayer-funded time off. The analysis exposes hundreds of municipal bureaucrats hoarding hundreds—and in some cases thousands—of hours of unused leave, creating an artificial financial liability that drains public resources and threatens public safety. See the full sortable master list at: https://tripledippers.org/fl-2026-pompano-beach-general-employees/

“By enforcing a strict 60-hour cap on banked leave—mirroring private sector standards—Pompano Beach taxpayers would immediately wipe out $2,924,173 in bloated leave liabilities, reducing the city’s current $3,198,244 leave debt by over 91%. Capping leave not only protects taxpayers and ensures employees take necessary time off for mental health, but it also unlocks millions of dollars needed to deliver immediate, meaningful property tax cuts to our residents.”

— Dave Jaye, Lead Researcher at TripleDippers.org

The Public Safety Threat & The King of Banked Hour Hoarding

Allowing municipal employees to hoard multi-thousand-hour leave reserves creates a severe public safety and operational risk. When key personnel—including water treatment superintendents, public works supervisors, building inspectors, and ocean rescue officers—hoard months or years of paid leave, municipalities suffer from severe staffing shortages, employee exhaustion, and burnout. Public safety and essential municipal services depend on a rested, alert workforce.

Leading this hall of shame is City Clerk Kervin Alfred, crowned Pompano Beach’s “King of Banked Hour Hoarding.” Earning a base salary of $192,627 ($92.61/hr), Alfred has stockpiled an astonishing 2,539.49 banked leave hours—representing over 1.2 years of continuous paid time off—at a direct expense to taxpayers of $235,180.

“Obtaining public leave records from Pompano Beach required a five-month fight. When TripleDippers.org requested routine payroll data in April 2026, City Clerk Kervin Alfred, who leads the city in hoarded time off, initially demanded a fee of $681.65! Other Florida cities, schools and counties supply this biweekly payroll public data free of charge. TripleDippers.org eventually secured the release of report PR-2026-934 on September 2, 2026, for $77.88, exposing the massive leave balances hoarded by city officials.”

— Dave Jaye, Lead Researcher at TripleDippers.org

Extravagant Municipal Leave Hoarding: Pompano Beach’s “Dirty Dozen”

In the private sector, companies enforce strict use-it-or-lose-it policies or modest carryover limits (typically 40 to 80 hours) to encourage work-life balance and control corporate liabilities. In stark contrast, City of Pompano Beach records reveal extreme hoarding across municipal departments:

“Allowing bureaucrats to hoard thousands of hours of paid leave creates a multi-million-dollar hidden debt that hits taxpayers when bureaucrats cash out at their peak career salaries. Enforcing a private-sector 60-hour cap on banked time off immediately slashes Pompano Beach’s $3.2 million leave debt by over 91%. Before the City Commission considers raising fire assessment fees or cutting youth and community programs to close a $4.2 million budget gap, city government needs to look in the mirror. Subsidizing 2,500-hour leave banks for individual bureaucrats is an extravagant luxury taxpayers simply cannot afford.”

— Dave Jaye, Lead Researcher at TripleDippers.org

Full sortable roster — Pompano Beach 2026 general employees by banked hours

Pompano Beach 2026 General Employees — By Banked Hours

Action Plan for Taxpayer Leave Reform

To protect hardworking taxpayers and restore government accountability, TripleDippers.org demands the Pompano Beach City Commission enact four critical leave reforms:

  • Enforce a Strict 60-Hour Cap on Banked Leave: Immediately save $2,924,173 and align city policy with modern private-sector standards.
  • Mandate Leave Cash-Outs at Historical Earning Rates: Eliminate the practice of cashing out accumulated time at inflated final salaries.
  • Establish an Annual Use-It-or-Lose-It Limit on Paid Time Off (PTO) Accruals: Restrict annual paid leave accruals to standard private-sector benchmarks (e.g., maximum 120–160 hours per year) and mandate that unused vacation or personal leave above the 60-hour rollover cap automatically expires at the end of each fiscal year. This prevents employees from endlessly accumulating unearned time off off the backs of taxpayers and forces staff to take necessary rest throughout the year.
  • Ban Banked Leave Cash-Outs from Pension Calculations: Prohibit accumulated leave payouts, accrued PTO cash-outs, and terminal leave payments from being included in Final Average Compensation (FAC) calculations when determining annual pensions and pension bonuses. Pension benefits must be calculated strictly on standard base salary earned, stopping retiring bureaucrats from artificially spiking lifetime taxpayer-funded pensions.

“Multi-thousand-hour leave stockpiles aren’t just a financial burden—they are a critical operational and public safety hazard. Municipalities need well-rested staff on duty, not administrative supervisors banking years of continuous paid time off on the public dime. A healthy workplace requires genuine work-life balance to protect the safety of the public and fellow employees. When supervisors and key staff hoard years of leave without taking time to recharge, it creates extreme burnout risks, compromises city operations, and puts unnecessary pressure on co-workers who are forced to carry the extra burden.”

— Dave Jaye, Lead Researcher at TripleDippers.org

Footnotes on Compensation Metrics

* Annual Base Pay: Represents the employee’s standard base salary rate calculated as Hourly Rate × 2,080 annual hours, excluding any overtime, bonuses, or stipends.

** Estimated Annual Pay: Represents the projected total gross annual earnings (annualized from YTD actuals through 16 pay periods over 26 annual pay periods), fully capturing base wages plus overtime, shift differentials, operational stipends, and supplemental allowances earned throughout the year.

“Allowing bureaucrats to cash out these massive reserves at their peak career salaries—rather than the wage rates when the time was actually earned—artificially takes more money from taxpayers and spikes their terminal compensation,” noted Dave Jaye.

Action Plan for Taxpayer Leave Reform

To protect hardworking taxpayers and restore government accountability, TripleDippers.org demands the Pompano Beach City Commission enact two critical leave reforms:

  1. Enforce a strict 60-hour cap on banked leave, immediately saving $2,924,173 and aligning city policy with modern private-sector standards.
  2. Mandate leave cash-outs at historical earning rates, eliminating the practice of cashing out accumulated time at inflated final salaries.

Notes:

  • Annual Base Pay: employee’s standard base salary rate calculated as Hourly Rate × 2,080 annual hours, excluding overtime, bonuses, or stipends.
  • Estimated Annual Pay: projected total gross annual earnings (annualized from YTD actuals through 16 pay periods over 26 annual pay periods), including base wages plus overtime, shift differentials, operational stipends, and supplemental allowances.

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