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Requesting the appropriation of $1,060,865 from the Salary and Wage Stabilization Fund to various Departmental Personal Services Accounts to fund the Memorandum of Agreement with SMEA Unit B dated Dec. 31, 2018.
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To the Honorable City Council:
I hereby request, subject to the approval of your Honorable Council, an appropriation in the amount of $1,060,865 from the Salary and Wage Stabilization Fund to the Personal Services, Other Lump Sum Benefits Accounts in the attached list of Departments for the purpose of funding payments for the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Somerville and the Somerville Municipal Employees Association Unit B, effective for the period July 1, 2016-June 30,2019.
This appropriation funds all retroactive salary and wage related payments at the adjusted rates for FY2017 and FY2018 as well as the agreed upon signing bonus and water flushing list payments.
A subsequent appropriation will be presented to your Honorable Council funding the FY2019 payments and other contractual matters.
Respectfully submitted,
Joseph A. Curtatone
Mayor