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Select Board approves World Cup staffing memoranda and multiple union agreements
Summary
To staff World Cup events, the board approved a non-union World Cup staffing memorandum and several memoranda of agreement with unions (firefighters, police, United Steelworkers, DPW); the agreements set eligibility, compensation framing, and limits so assignments do not change collective-bargaining terms.
The Select Board approved a series of memoranda to prepare town operations for World Cup events. The package included a non-union memorandum establishing a staffing and compensation framework for event assignments and multiple memoranda of agreement (MOAs) with town unions, including the Foxborough Professional Fire Fighters Association, the police bargaining unit (Local 379), United Steelworkers units (supervisors and non-supervisors), and DPW employee unions.
Presenters said the World Cup assignments are time-limited, separate from standard overtime, and require employees to either use paid time off or not be scheduled for regular work to avoid conflicts with collective-bargaining agreements. The presenters noted that union sign-off had been obtained for the MOAs and that the memorandum includes safeguards and reporting measures to protect both employees and municipal fiscal oversight; they cited the potential for grant audits as a factor in the framework.
The board moved and approved each memorandum by voice vote; no additional amendments were proposed during the hearing.
