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Beardstown council rejects tentative UFCW Local 431 agreement after executive session
Summary
After an executive session on collective bargaining, the Beardstown City Council voted down ratification of a tentative agreement with UFCW Local 431 representing Public Works and City Hall employees; the motion failed with one yea, four no votes and one abstention.
Beardstown — The City Council voted on June 18 on whether to approve a tentative collective bargaining agreement between the City of Beardstown and United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 431, which represents certain Public Works and City Hall employees. The motion failed.
The council entered executive session at 6:33 p.m. under the statutory exemption for collective bargaining (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)) and returned to open session at 7:22 p.m. A motion by Alderperson Ron Culves, seconded by Alderperson Lisa Buhlig, "That the tentative agreement between the City of Beardstown and United Food & Commercial Workers Local 431 representing the Public Works and City Hall Employees be approved," was put to a roll call vote and failed.
Vote tally recorded in the meeting minutes: Yea — Dawn Seward; No — Lisa Buhlig, Ron Culves, Eric Harbin, Keith Schramm; Abstain — Mary Davis. Alderpersons Chris Baer and Shawn Taylor were absent. The meeting record does not include statements explaining the no votes or the abstention.
Next steps: The council did not record subsequent action at the June 18 meeting; further negotiation or a revised agreement could be expected but was not scheduled at that time.
