Montebello POA has seen some turmoil during the last several months.  The POA had reached a tentative agreement with the City Administrator, who just prior to finalizing the deal was removed from his position by the then City Council.  Fortunately, in a recent election, two of the City Council Members were replaced with Council Members that were supported in the campaign by the Police Officer's Association.  The POA put in much time and resources into the campaign to ensure their candidates were successful.  Shortly after the election, the prior City Administrator was re-instated and the Chief of Police was replaced by Lieutenant Dan Weast (the POA President).  With a new and supportive City Council, the new POA President, Al Martinez was able to negotiate a quick fix to the POA's compensation package.  This included an immediate 10% salary increase and increasing medical coverage to $1,090.00. Education/POST pay was also significantly increased from $90 per month for an A.A. or Intermediate POST to $150 per month and from $180 per month for a B.A. or Advanced POST to $300 per month.  With this short term fix in place the POA looks forward to permanently resolving its compensation on a more long term basis in future years.