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Members weigh a template for a letter urging union labor on Montifure project
Summary
Board members said a support letter for the carpenters should be broadened to request union labor across building trades for the Montifure project; they asked staff to prepare a template for review and possible full-board vote next week.
Leadership committee members discussed requests from construction trades for a letter of support asking the developer Montifure to use union labor.
Several members said carpenters had asked for a support letter at an earlier meeting, and that representatives from plumbers, electricians, sheet-metal workers and other trades had since contacted board leadership. Committee members debated whether to write a trade-specific letter or a blanket request that Montifure use union labor across building trades. One member argued for the broader approach, saying it would support the local workforce and ensure consistent training and code compliance in complex projects.
The committee agreed to draft a template letter rather than accept a version supplied by any single trade, noting a template would make the motion clearer when it came before the full board. Members discussed the procedural steps: circulating a template, agreeing on exact language, and returning to the full board with the proposed text so the board could vote with a clear document on hand. If a template is available in time, the leadership said it would try to vote at the next full-board meeting; if not, the item will be deferred.
No formal board letter was approved during the meeting. Members asked staff to prepare a draft template emphasizing support for union labor across building trades and to circulate it for review before the full-board session.
