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Union and residents urge Alamogordo commission to halt golf-course outsourcing and demand full cost comparison
Summary
Union leaders and residents urged the Alamogordo City Commission to pause the RFP for Desert Lakes Golf Course maintenance, demanding an apples-to-apples cost comparison and clearer oversight guarantees. City counsel advised limited comment while negotiations with the union continue.
Public commenters at the Alamogordo City Commission meeting on April 28 urged the commission to slow or stop plans to outsource maintenance at Desert Lakes Golf Course and to provide a transparent cost comparison and alternatives to outsourcing.
Tamara Hansen, president of AFSCME Local 3818, told the commission the process has not been handled properly and that workers were told their jobs were being outsourced "before the union was given an opportunity to do what the contract requires us to do" — review proposals, evaluate…
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