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CAO explains labor negotiation timeline and budget impacts; council seeks changes to supplemental process
Summary
Faith P. Leach explained that budget assumptions use last best-and-final offers in bargaining and that arbitration can change costs; council members urged structural changes to reduce retroactive supplemental requests tied to vacancies and overtime.
Council members raised long-standing concerns about vacancies, overtime spending and retroactive supplemental budget requests. City Administrator Faith P. Leach explained the labor-negotiation timeline and how budget assumptions interact with bargaining outcomes.
Leach described the process: agencies and the Office of Labor Commissioner negotiate with unions; if talks reach impasse the next step is…
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