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Select Board backs 2% labor settlement, reconsiders warrant articles on brokers fees and budget
Summary
Following executive session, the Brookline Select Board approved a one‑year, 2% wage increase retroactive to July 1, 2024 for a settlement with the Teamsters and three AFSCME locals, and voted to reconsider and approve warrant articles on broker fees and the annual budget with advisory‑committee amendments and school expenditure adjustments.
After returning from executive session, the Town of Brookline Select Board voted to approve proposed collective bargaining settlements and took actions on several warrant articles ahead of Town Meeting.
The board announced an agreement with the Teamsters and three American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) locals that provides a 2% wage increase for a one‑year period, retroactive to July 1, 2024. The board moved favorable action on warrant Article 2 to reflect that settlement and approved the motion by roll call; the vote was unanimous.
Select Board members also reconsidered and voted on warrant Article 26, which seeks to prohibit imposition of brokers’ fees on tenants. The board approved an amended motion consistent with the Advisory Committee’s language, intended to clarify recitals and correct scrivener’s errors.
On Article 9, annual budget appropriations, Town finance staff advised the board of updated information from the School Department on group health savings tied to staffing changes. The Select Board moved to reconsider and then approve Article 9 as amended to reduce the group health budget and redirect the savings to the School Department appropriation; staff said they expect one additional possible technical tweak before the Monday deadline for budget motions.
Town staff summarized the financial adjustments and noted the packet contains draft budget tables. The board recorded its votes on the labor settlement and the warrant items by roll call; the chair and members voted unanimously in favor of the motions recorded in the meeting.
Why it matters: the labor settlement sets municipal compensation terms that affect town personnel costs; the budget adjustments reflect interdepartmental changes and may be revisited if further data arrives before Town Meeting. The amendment to Article 26 reflects the Advisory Committee’s recommended language to clarify the measure before it goes to a vote.
