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Finance subcommittee declines funding for professional supervisors package amid dispute over vacation and flex‑time
Summary
Holyoke subcommittee declined to appropriate funds for a package of collective‑bargaining changes for professional supervisors after divided debate over vacation increases, new flex‑hours rights and other terms; councilors split 3–2 on the package, sending it to the full council without the subcommittee’s funding recommendation.
The Holyoke City Council Finance Subcommittee voted on Dec. 23 to deny a funding package for a new collective‑bargaining agreement covering professional supervisors after several councilors objected to changes including expanded vacation and a guaranteed flex‑time mechanism for management‑level employees.
The package combined three items (13–15) that amend the existing Professional Supervisors Association agreement and recognize AFSCME as the union of record. The subcommittee chair called the package to a roll‑call vote; Councilor Jordan and Councilor Sullivan voted no, Councilor Devine and Councilor Givner voted yes, and Councilor Ocasio voted no, leaving the appropriation motion defeated.
Why it mattered: The contract changes would align vacation accrual and personal‑day rules with recently adopted ordinance rates, remove a practice of end‑of‑year vacation…
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