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Council keeps Teamsters negotiation letter on file and asks mayor to clarify charter authority
Summary
After discussing a second letter from Teamsters Local 170, the Gardner City Council voted to keep the communication on the agenda and requested a written statement from the mayor clarifying whether his office claims day‑to‑day authority over positions that the council says the charter controls.
The Gardner City Council voted on April 6 to retain a communication from Teamsters Local 170 about ongoing union negotiations and to request a written statement from the mayor clarifying the city charter interpretation cited in the letter.
Councilor Mack told colleagues she remained concerned about the lack of clarity and the negotiating team’s composition, saying the information provided so far had been insufficient. She described a previous round of…
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