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Town board rescinds earlier resolution; union seeks arbitration and town asks court to block it
Summary
A staff member read that a 2025 memorandum of agreement adding job titles to the municipal bargaining unit is disputed: the town board passed a resolution declaring an earlier resolution null, the union filed a grievance and demanded arbitration on 2026-03-23, and the town petitioned the Saratoga County Supreme Court seeking a stay and a declaration the MOA is void.
A staff member read a written record saying a 2025 memorandum of agreement (MOA) added certain job titles to the municipal bargaining unit and extended collective bargaining benefits to those titles.
According to the reading, on Jan. 6, 2026 the town board passed Resolution No. 7 of 2026 purporting to deem Resolution No. 287 of 2025 a nullity and to have rescinded it. The staff member said the town refused to recognize the 2025 MOA after that action.
The union filed a grievance and served a demand for arbitration on March 23, 2026 seeking to compel the town to honor the 2025 MOA and add the disputed titles to the bargaining unit, the staff member said. The record states the town then commenced a verified petition in the Supreme Court, Saratoga County seeking a permanent stay of arbitration and a declaration that the 2025 MOA and Resolution No. 287 of 2025 are null, void and unenforceable.
The statement did not include additional detail about the specific job titles at issue, any earlier negotiations that produced the 2025 MOA, or whether the town board vote on Jan. 6 was unanimous. The staff member read the sequence of documents and dates but did not identify on-the-record comments from town elected officials or union leaders in this transcript.
The matter is now lodged either in arbitration (per the union’s demand) and in state court (per the town’s petition). The next procedural developments will be judicial rulings on the town’s petition and any arbitration scheduling or court orders resolving whether arbitration can proceed.
