Williamson County approves maintenance workers' contract with Laborers Local 7; union to ratify
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Summary
Board approved a collective bargaining agreement with the Laborers District Council (Local 7) covering maintenance/grounds staff that includes modest wage increases and changes to health and pension terms; the agreement requires union ratification before taking effect.
The Williamson County Board approved a collective bargaining agreement with the Laborers District Council, Local 7, covering maintenance and grounds employees. Speaker 2 introduced the item as the maintenance grounds union contract; Speaker 1 said negotiations produced wage adjustments that "will actually result in a slight increase to the employees from their existing contract" and included tweaks to health insurance and pension provisions.
Board members thanked negotiators on both sides; Speaker 1 said the union has been advised and that the agreement will be in the union's hands for their side of approval. The motion to accept the collective bargaining agreement was moved and seconded during the meeting; the transcript does not include a detailed roll-call tally tied to individual commissioners.
The county did not present a full funding breakdown in the meeting. Speaker 1 characterized the changes as modest and administratively manageable but did not provide specific dollar totals or the contract term in the transcript.