LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2020
RESOLUTION: R-20-099, Amended
PURPOSE: Approving the cost items ofa collective bargaining agreement
between the City of Nashua, New Hampshire and U.A.W. Local 2322
Professional Unit from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2024 and
authorizing related transfers
ENDORSER(S): Mayor Jim Donchess
COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT:
FISCAL NOTE: The cost analysis is attached.
ANALYSIS
This resolution approves the cost items of a collective bargaining agreement between the City of
Nashua and U.A.W. Local 2322 Professional Unit. The Agreement has a term of four years,
commencing on July 1, 2020 and expiring on June 30, 2024. The board of aldermen must vote
whether or not to approve the cost items of this contract within thirty days of receipt. RSA 273-A:33
II (c). This proposed CBA was approved by the Board of Fire Commissioners on November 22,
2020 and by the Board of Public Works on November 23, 2020.
The resolution authorizes a transfer of funds from “Contingency for Negotiations” into various
departments, salary adjustments to fund the FY2021 base salary adjustments contained in the
collective bargaining agreement. Charter Sec. 53 permits the Board of Aldermen to transfer any
unencumbered appropriation balance or any portion thereof from one department, fund or agency
to another. NRO § 5-130, H provides that “when proposed legislation to transfer or
reappropriate a particular appropriation or portion thereof has had its first reading, such funds
shall not be expended or transferred while the legislation is pending”.
This resolution also authorizes, effective July 1, 2021, atransfer of funds from the U.A.W.
Educational Assistance Expendable Trust Fund into various departments, salary adjustments to
fund a set of FY2022 grade and step adjustments as agreed to as part of both U.A.W. Local 2322
collective bargaining agreements. Changing the purpose for which these funds can be expended
requires a public hearing and a % vote of all members of the board. See RSA 34:11.
Approved as to account Financial Services Division
number and/or structure,
and amount: By: /s/ John Griffin
Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel
By:
Date:
