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Amherst council advances multiple labor and pay ordinances, removes longevity clause from several job ordinances and adopts mobile-vending rules
Summary
The Amherst City Council unanimously moved a slate of labor and compensation ordinances to later readings, voted to remove Section 11.1 (a longevity calculation) from several employment ordinances at the mayor’s request, and adopted a mobile-vending ordinance (O25-29). Votes were largely 6–0; details for each ordinance were sent to second or third readings as recorded.
The Amherst City Council on Nov. 24 advanced a series of labor contracts and compensation ordinances to further readings, approved an amendment deleting a longevity clause from several job ordinances, and adopted a mobile-vending ordinance.
At the start of the ordinances block, the council moved item 6a — an ordinance approving a collective bargaining agreement with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees for 2026–2028 — to a second reading; the motion passed on a unanimous roll call vote. The council likewise voted, without discussion, to send items 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e and 6f (covering salaries, benefits and collective bargaining agreements for various units and the 2026 interim budget) to the second reading, each motion…
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