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Tentative union agreement motion dies after executive session in Beardstown
Summary
After an executive session on collective bargaining, Alderperson Eric Harbin moved to approve a tentative agreement with United Food & Commercial Workers Local 431; the motion received no second and died, leaving no formal approval on the record.
The Beardstown City Council entered executive session June 4 under the Illinois statute for collective bargaining and later returned to open session without approving a tentative labor agreement.
At approximately 6:10 p.m., the council voted (motion by Alderperson Ron Culves, seconded by Alderperson Mary Davis) to enter executive session under Exemption 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) for collective bargaining. The council resumed regular session at 7:13 p.m. and then confirmed the executive session vote on a motion by Culves, seconded by Davis.
After resuming open session, Alderperson Eric Harbin moved that "the tentative agreement between the City of Beardstown and United Food & Commercial Workers District Local 431 representing the Public Works and City Hall Employees be approved." That motion died for lack of a second; no roll-call vote on the agreement was recorded in the minutes.
The minutes show no further action on the tentative agreement during the June 4 meeting. The record does not specify next procedural steps or whether the matter will return to a future council meeting for further consideration.
