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Vernon council votes to enter executive session on union talks, then adopts three labor contracts
Summary
After a contested vote to enter executive session under Connecticut statute, the Vernon Town Council later unanimously approved three collective bargaining agreements effective July 1, 2025.
Vernon Town Council on July 15, 2025 voted to go into executive session under Connecticut General Statute 1-200(6)(d) to discuss contract negotiations and later unanimously adopted three collective bargaining agreements covering multiple town employee groups.
The council went into executive session after a procedural vote that showed divisions among members over whether closed-door negotiations were appropriate when union membership had already voted on the tentative agreements. Councilor Laura Bush moved to adopt the first contract after the executive session; Mary Anne Levesque seconded. All three contracts adopted are effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029.
The debate before the executive session centered on whether the town had a legitimate negotiating strategy to protect…
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