Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Labor Relations topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Beardstown council rejects tentative union agreement with UFCW Local 431 after closed session
Summary
After an executive session on collective bargaining, Beardstown aldermen voted on a tentative agreement with United Food & Commercial Workers Local 431 representing Public Works and City Hall employees; the motion failed (one in favor, four opposed, one abstention).
The Beardstown City Council voted June 18 to reject a tentative agreement between the City and United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 431, which represents Public Works and City Hall employees.
Council members entered executive session at 6:33 p.m. under the collective bargaining exemption (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)) and returned to open session at 7:22 p.m., after which the council voted on the tentative agreement. The motion to approve the tentative agreement (moved by Ron Culves and seconded by Lisa Buhlig) failed. The meeting record lists the roll call as: Yea — Dawn Seward; No — Lisa Buhlig, Ron Culves, Eric Harbin, Keith Schramm; Abstain — Mary Davis. Two members were absent (Chris Baer and Shawn Taylor).
The motion’s failure means the tentative agreement was not approved by the council on June 18; the minutes do not record any amended motion, additional terms, or a subsequent vote at that meeting. The council’s minutes note that executive session preceded the vote and identify the exemption used for the closed session.
After the vote, Mayor Tim Harris provided brief updates: street work connected to the sewer improvement project is nearing completion and repairs to the Bley Building on Main Street are progressing. Alderwoman Dawn Seward said many lots still need mowing and suggested that repeat offenders be ticketed rather than issued a second warning letter.
No further action on the tentative agreement was recorded at the June 18 meeting; the council adjourned at 7:38 p.m.
