Fillmore County will seek mediation in AFSCME social workers contract talks
Summary
Following a closed session under Minn. Stat. 13D.03, Fillmore County commissioners announced they will file for mediation in ongoing contract talks with AFSCME-represented social workers; the special meeting adjourned at 10:10 a.m.
Fillmore County commissioners said June 15 they will seek mediation in contract negotiations with AFSCME-represented social workers after a closed session on labor talks.
Ann Goering, identified in the minutes as the board's labor law attorney, “announced that the Board will file for mediation” following a closed session called under Minnesota Statute 13D.03, according to the preliminary draft of the minutes. The meeting began at 9:04 a.m. in the Fillmore County Courthouse in Preston and was recessed briefly at 9:26 a.m. before the closed session began at 9:28 a.m. The public portion of the meeting was reopened at 10:05 a.m.
The minutes list Commissioners Randy Dahl (chair), Mitch Lentz, Duane Bakke and Marc Prestby as present; Commissioner Larry Hindt was absent. County Administrator Bobbie Hillery, Human Resources Officer Lindsi Engle and several social workers attended, along with Ryan Hanson, described as an AFSCME social worker union representative. The minutes do not record a formal roll-call vote to file for mediation or further particulars of concessions or offers made during bargaining.
After the closed session, the board announced the decision to pursue mediation as the next step in bargaining; the minutes do not specify a timeline for filing or which mediation service will be used. The special session adjourned at 10:10 a.m. on a motion by Commissioner Mitch Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Duane Bakke.
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