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Council adopts IBEW contract; introduces emergency ordinance to sell three properties to Habitat for Humanity
Summary
Hamilton City Council on May 14 adopted a successor collective bargaining agreement with IBEW Local 648 by roll call vote and introduced an emergency ordinance to sell several city properties to Habitat for Humanity; the ordinance was introduced at first reading and the council voted 7-0 to adopt the IBEW resolution.
Council considered two legislative items on May 14 related to labor and property. Vice Mayor Pullman moved, and Council member Vaughn seconded, a resolution approving terms of a successor collective bargaining agreement between the City of Hamilton and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 648. The council then conducted a roll call vote; the resolution was adopted with recorded "Yes" votes from Moller, Pullman, Fear, Vaughn, Mab, Lauer and Ryan (7–0).
Earlier in the meeting the city introduced an emergency ordinance authorizing disposition of city-owned properties at 825 Maple Avenue and 818–829 and 906 Lehi Road to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati. The ordinance language authorizes the city manager to execute a sale and fee-waiver agreement and related documents; the item was presented as first reading and no adoption vote is recorded in the transcript.
Why this matters: The IBEW agreement governs wages, benefits and working conditions for represented electrical workers and its adoption is a formal contractual action. The property-disposition ordinance would transfer several city parcels to Habitat for Humanity as purchaser, subject to agreement terms; because the item was presented as an emergency ordinance on first reading, it may be scheduled for a subsequent adoption vote per council procedure.
The council voted to approve the IBEW agreement during the May 14 meeting; the property ordinance remains at first reading according to the meeting record.
