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Brentwood employees urge council to accept union counterproposal; council adjourns to closed session
Summary
At a 5:30 p.m. special meeting, two City of Brentwood employees urged the City Council to approve a bargaining-unit counterproposal submitted Dec. 17, 2024. The council voted to adjourn to closed session to continue contract negotiations and later reconvened with no report.
At a 5:30 p.m. special meeting, the Brentwood City Council heard public comments from city employees pressing the council to accept a bargaining-unit counterproposal and then voted to adjourn to closed session to continue contract negotiations.
The comments came as the council moved into a closed-session item described by the meeting chair as a continuation of bargaining with city employee units. Luke Santos, a utilities maintenance mechanic at the City of Brentwood wastewater treatment facility, told the council the bargaining unit and city staff have worked “diligently” and said he hoped council members would give “much consideration and have an open mind” when they reviewed the union’s proposed contract.
Jamie, introduced in the meeting as the president of B MOD, asked the council to review “the counter proposal package that B MOD presented to the city on 12/17/2024 in its full and original form as it was presented.” Jamie said summaries of the union’s asks are sometimes provided to council and asked members to look at the full submission.
The meeting timeline recorded two public speakers during the portion of the agenda devoted to the closed-session item. The council then voted to adjourn to closed session “to further consider counter proposals and packages that the bargaining units have presented.” When the council reconvened, the chair stated there was “nothing to report,” and the meeting was then formally adjourned.
The public comments reiterated three facts that speakers asked the council to consider: the bargaining units have been negotiating with the city for more than a year; the units have been out of contract for six months; and the B MOD counterproposal dated Dec. 17, 2024, should be considered in full. No motions or outcomes altering the city’s contract status were announced in open session.
The council’s motions to adjourn to closed session and to adjourn at the meeting’s close were both approved by voice vote; the meeting record shows no opposition. The agenda item was handled in closed session, and council stated there was no reportable action when it returned to open session.
