To see if the Town will vote to fund any fiscal items in the event that any are contained in collective bargaining agreements between the Town and the following named collective bargaining units, and to fund for non-union, M Schedule, and elected officials’ salaries or fringe benefits, determine how the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto:

A.                 Service Employees International Union;

B.                 Arlington Police Patrol Officers’ Association (formerly Arlington Patrolmen’s Association);

C.                 Arlington Ranking Police Officers’ Association; and

D.                 Full-time elected officials

 (Inserted at the request of the Town Manager)

Negotiations are still in process with two Town unions.  If a settlement is achieved before the end of Town Meeting, the Finance Committee will bring that matter before the meeting.

That the sum of $570,357 is hereby appropriated, to be set aside for funding future collective bargaining agreements, said sum shall not be expended without a future vote of Town Meeting, that $41,026 be transferred from the existing salary reserve to the following FY23 departmental budgets for FY23 pay for the SEIU contract:

Department

Total

Comptroller

$5,040

Treasurer/Collector

$5,037

Information Technology

$1,926

Town Clerk

$5,377

Inspections

$9,590

Council on Aging

$4,944

Veterans

$4,456

Rink

$4,656

$41,026

and that the following other FY24 department or fund budgets be increased by $129,643 as indicated in this table for settlement of the SEIU contract:

Department

Total

Comptroller

$7,700

Treasurer/Collector

$7,831

Information Technology

$12,504

Inspections

$26,423

DPW Natural resources

$16,279

DPW Engineering

$8,205

DPW Highway

$16,743

DPW Motor Equipment Repair

$9,601

DPW Cemetery

$9,601

Council on Aging

$7,768

Rink

$6,982

$129,643

AND FURTHER VOTED That the Town hereby ratifies the following financial items in the collective bargaining agreements and memoranda of agreement with the following enumerated collective bargaining units and hereby approves the following financial items relating to: 

A.  Service Employees International Union, Local 888:

1.     A two percent (2%) wage increase effective July 1, 2022, to be paid as a retroactive payment to all union members employed by the town at time of ratification,

2.     A two percent (2%) wage increase effective July 1, 2023,

3.     Creation of a 10-year (new step 8) and 15-year (step 9) steps

4.     A .75% market adjustment to all positions

5.     One additional personal day

6.     Recognition of Juneteenth as a holiday