Board of Aldermen 10-22-2019 Page 5
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS
R-18-102
Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman Jan Schmidt
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE NASHUA BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS AND UFPO LOCAL 645
PROFESSIONAL
EMPLOYEES OF THE NASHUA POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM JULY 1, 2018 THROUGH JUNE
30,
2022 AND AUTHORIZING RELATED TRANSFERS
e Tabled at BOA meeting 09/24/19 with approved amendments
R-19-179
Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Ken Gidge
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE NASHUA BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE NASHUA SCHOOL CUSTODIAN UNION,
LOCAL 365/COUNCIL 93, AFSCME, AFL-CIO FROM JULY 1, 2016 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021
AND RELATED TRANSFERS
Given is second reading;
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-19-179 BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Clemons
I’d like to speak to that. Thank you. This has been a long time coming for this bargaining unit and for
these hard working men and women of our City. In 2015 the School Board decided that it would be a
good idea to investigate privatization of the custodians and that proved to be an ineffective strategy that
the City was very much against. It would have been actually more costly to us in the long run. Then
after that decision was made to keep the custodians, they have been fighting to get a contract since
then. So this has been going on since 2015. It is what | consider to be a sad chapter in the City’s history
but one that hopefully tonight, with your support, we can move beyond and not go down this road again.
We have hard working people in our schools and the custodians are exactly that. They are custodians
of our school; they are the ones that get there early in the morning, leave late at night. They are the
ones that know where every leak is when it first develops and they are the ones that tell us what we
need to fix, when it needs to be fixed. They take care of our schools. So | am proud to support this; |
think that from a cost perspective, it is one of the more modest contracts that have come before us. |
think it is fair and | would urge everyone to support it. Thank you.
