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File #: 24-0952    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 6/20/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/20/2024 Final action: 6/20/2024
Enactment date: 6/20/2024 Enactment #: 217317
Title: Requesting that this Council convene in Executive Session to discuss Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiation strategy in FY 2025 based upon updated budget and staffing projections.
Code sections: Executive Session -

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Requesting that this Council convene in Executive Session to discuss Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiation strategy in FY 2025 based upon updated budget and staffing projections.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council convene in Executive Session pursuant to G. L. c. 30A, Section 21(3) with Matt Sirigu, Chief Labor Counsel for the City of Somerville, to discuss the City’s collective bargaining agreement negotiation strategy between the Somerville Municipal Employees Association and SEIU Local 888 (E-911 Dispatchers) in FY25 based upon updated budget and City staffing projections.  Discussion in the open session of the council meeting may have a detrimental effect on the City of Somerville's negotiating position.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to address any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor