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Council committee reviews $747,842 supplemental to fund Boston Public Library union contract
Summary
The Boston City Council Committee on Ways and Means held a virtual hearing July 7, 2025, to review two dockets that would move $747,842 from the FY25 collective bargaining reserve to the Boston Public Library to fund a newly negotiated union contract covering library staff.
The Boston City Council Committee on Ways and Means held a virtual hearing July 7, 2025, to review two dockets that would reduce the FY25 reserve for collective bargaining by $747,842 and provide a supplemental appropriation of the same amount to the Boston Public Library to cover costs under a newly negotiated collective bargaining agreement between the city and the library bargaining unit.
Committee Chair Brian Worrell, a City Councilor from District 4 and chair of the committee, opened the hearing and identified the two dockets before the committee as documents 1256 and 1257. Jim Williamson, representing the administration, said the FY25 budget included a reserve for collective bargaining and described this as one of several supplemental…
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