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Council approves collective-bargaining contracts for dispatchers and supervisors after executive session; one abstention
Summary
After executive sessions, East Haven’s council authorized the mayor to sign collective-bargaining agreements with public-safety dispatchers and supervisors for specified periods. One council member abstained from the dispatchers' vote due to union membership.
After convening executive sessions to discuss negotiations, the council returned to public session and authorized the mayor to execute collective-bargaining agreements for the public safety dispatchers and supervisors under the presented forms and terms. The dispatchers' contract covered the period noted in the packet, and the supervisors' contract used similar language; both motions passed by voice vote with recorded abstention(s).
The Chair noted an abstention during the dispatchers' vote: "I'm gonna abstain because I am a member of an AFL-CIO in Connecticut," a council member said, explaining a conflict of interest. Otherwise council members congratulated negotiators and approved authorization for the mayor to sign the agreements.
