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Finance committee backs four collective bargaining agreements covering fire, police and custodial units
Summary
The committee recommended adoption of four collective bargaining agreements — firefighters, police officers, police superiors and custodians/trades — that collectively add about $0.8M in first‑year budget pressure but fall within planned classification budget placeholders.
The Town of Needham Finance Committee on April 26 recommended adoption of four bargaining agreements covering firefighters (Article 1), police officers (Article 2), police superiors (Article 3) and custodial/trade employees (Article 4).
Town staff (Speaker 11) summarized the major cost items: multi‑year base wage increases (varying by unit across FY 2027–29),…
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