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Mayor presents $1.47 million appropriation to fund new SMEU Unit B contract; council approves
Summary
Mayor outlined wage-compensation changes in a newly ratified three-year contract for Somerville Municipal Employees Union (SMEU) Unit B and requested a $1,472,992 appropriation from salary contingency to fund the settlement; the council approved the appropriation and rejected a motion to reconsider.
The Somerville mayor asked the City Council on Tuesday to appropriate $1,472,992 from a salary contingency account to cover the city—s share of a newly ratified collective bargaining agreement with the Somerville Municipal Employees Union (SMEU), Unit B.
The mayor described the contract as the result of a wage compensation study and targeted adjustments to address long‑standing inequities. "In the first two years,…
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