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Board approves three-year contract with TENIG; district budgets first-year cost
Summary
The Tredyffrin‑Easttown board approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement with the Tredyffrin‑Easttown Non‑Instructional Group (TENIG) covering July 1, 2025–June 30, 2028; the business manager said year‑one cost is budgeted at about $658,000.
The Tredyffrin‑Easttown School Board approved a three‑year collective bargaining agreement with the Tredyffrin‑Easttown Non‑Instructional Group (TENIG) on Jan. 27, voting 8–0 to ratify terms covering July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028.
Director of Human Resources Doctor Anthony Stevenson and business manager Art McDonnell presented agreement highlights. Stevenson said the deal provides multi‑year wage increases, targeted hourly rate adjustments for custodians, and changes to certain stipends and job pay structures. McDonnell said the three‑year cost impact is about $1.4 million and the year‑one impact (2025–26) is included in the preliminary budget at roughly $658,000.
Key terms explained in the presentation included annual wage increases of about 3.5 percent in year one and 3.25 percent in each subsequent year, an increase to custodial starting wages targeting competitiveness (an example figure mentioned: up to $23 per hour), an increase of $3.85 per hour to the department coordinator stipend, and a full‑year payment of department coordinator pay for elementary lead custodians who previously received it only in summer months. Stevenson also said employees with more than five years of service would receive a larger longevity increase in the second year (4.25 percent for that group). Food‑service employees will receive a flat $1 hourly increase in year three.
The agreement includes stepped increases in employee contribution to health‑insurance premiums: 10 percent in year one, 11 percent in year two, and 12 percent in year three. McDonnell estimated those premium‑share increases will generate roughly $29,000 in recurring savings across the contract period and that other cost changes result in the net multi‑year cost cited above.
A union representative and members of the community addressed the board during public comment. Cindy Brigoldi thanked the district for reaching agreement and praised TENIG staff for their work, noting custodial staff worked in difficult weather to keep schools safe during storms.
President Kentorsic thanked staff and union members for reaching the agreement. The board took a roll‑call vote later in the meeting; the motion passed 8–0. The contract was described as negotiated and presented in the form before the board, and the board approved it for the stated three‑year term.
