Board of Aldermen — 2/10/16 Page 6
R-16-009
Endorser: Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman Benjamin M. Clemons
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE NASHUA POLICE COMMISSION AND THE NASHUA POLICE SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION
FROM JULY 1, 2015 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2019 AND RELATED TRANSFERS
Given its first reading; assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE by President McCarthy
NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES
O-16-003
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Ken Siegel
ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT OF ORDINANCES
Given its first reading; assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by
President McCarthy
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT - None
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Moriarty
I’d like to address the upcoming budget very briefly. Did we find out what the spending cap is going be? Is
it 1.3% or 1.9%? Regardless, the spending cap is going to be somewhere between 1.3% and 1.9% this
year. Not everybody may realize this but if you look at the salaries of the collective bargaining contracts on
page three they have a listing and some of the salary contracts go out many years and that’s a reminder
that the agreements that we have before us do not imply that there is money in the budget for the salary
contracts as currently written. When you consider it remember that the money is not previously allocated, in
fact, one way to be able to determine in advance whether there is going to be money in the budget to afford
these contracts is simply comparing the bottom line percentage of the growth to what the expected
spending cap is going to be. For instance, the spending cap predicted if it is indeed 1.3%; we look at R-16-
002 which is the para educators and we find their salary increase for FY 16 is 1.4% and for in FY ’17 it’s
1.3% so | would conclude that | would generally be in favor of R-16-002 because it’s total cost additions to
the taxpayers is within what the spending cap is predicted to be. In R-16-003 we look at approving the cost
items of the collective bargaining agreement Board of Education with the food service workers and we see
in FY °16 the net cost is 1.5% and then 1.7% and 1.9% so those numbers fall somewhere between the 1.3%
and 1.9% that we expect the spending cap to be. | would think that in addition their base salaries only go
up 1% per year and the additional cost is due to things out of their control like retirement cost and
insurance. Personally | believe that R-16-003, the salary contract for the food workers is probably
affordable, it’s going to be in the budget. R-16-009 cost items bargaining agreement between the police
commissioners and the police supervisors. That one we find that FY °16 it grows at 3.5% and in FY ’17 it’s
4% and FY ’18 is 4.4% and FY ’19 is 3.3% which is far in excess of the spending cap and the spending cap
is based on inflation rates and inflation rates sort of track what the general salaries of the general public. |
am still concerned about R-16-009 and | think each of you should take some time to look at that one closely
and find out if you think that salary for that collective bargaining agreement is actually affordable based on
the upcoming spending cap. That’s it for now, thank you very much.
Alderman Schoneman
There is going to be an Emergency Preparedness Training class held in Ward 3 at the Gate City Church.
It’s a 20-hour course that takes place over two consecutive Saturday’s. The first one is February 27" and
the second one is March 5" and this is being conducted by the City of Nashua and the emergency response
