Board of Aldermen 12-26-2018 Page 8
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Ald. O’Brien, Ald. Dowd, Ald. Laws, Ald. Lopez,
Ald. Caron Ald. Kelly, Ald. Jette, Ald. Melizzi-Golja
Ald. Tenceza, Ald. Schmidt, Ald. Wilshire 11
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CARON TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR’S VETO OF R-18-066
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Jette
Yes | would move to, | don’t know if this in order, but in order to get re-referred back to the Committee so
the Committee can consider what the Mayor has said or input from other sources to reconsider this. Is a
Motion to table or is it a motion to refer?
Attorney Bolton
A Motion to re-refer is in order.
MOTION BY ALDERMAN JETTE TO RE-REFER R-18-066 TO PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Dowd
| think the City overall has dug itself into a hole because we have different groups getting different benefits
and | think the only solution is to come up with a policy that says that this is the way it is going to be across
the board. Because right now we have different people with different benefits and we are afraid that some
of the people that have the different benefits in a contract are going to come back on us and say — what
about us? Well at least in my opinion and perhaps the City Attorney can chime in, if they have a contract,
say a 4 year contract, they can’t do anything during that 4 year contract. It is what it is. So any of the
contracts that are in place are in place until the end of the contract. If we are going to refer it back to
Committee, we should establish a policy that says all contracts that come before us every one is going to
be treated the same. Because to treat different bargaining groups and different and especially non-
affiliated with unionized contracts differently is what is causing the problems. So | think we need a solution
that will resolve everything going forward.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
| would just agree with Alderman Dowd as it relates to union contracts and unaffiliated. Union contracts
don’t get to us unless a majority of the membership approves that and | think that is very different then
what happens with unaffiliated. And with us setting up what we think the steps are and setting up grades
and all of that for unaffiliated employees; that to me is a major difference. The teachers or members of the
Police Union or Fire Local, they make their decisions on — ok we are going to accept this or we are not
going to accept this and that is then what comes to us. But they, as a majority, approve whatever is in
there. So if they approve taking a cut in their return on sick time at retirement, that is what they agree to
as a majority and that is what we come into a mutual agreement about and move forward.
Any of the bargaining units could come to us and say — we want to change it now. But this group is
unaffiliated and to me that is very different and | look at that different. Because whoever is bargaining with
