Public Hearing Tues March 6th at Utica City Hall

URGENT! YOU ARE NEEDED… PLEASE ATTEND…

PUBLIC HEARING, UTICA CITY HALL,
5pm, Tuesday, March 6


End Closed Door Deals. Prevent Back Room Politics.

Vote City Labor Contracts Up or Down,
In Full Public View, Honest & Open.

Union Members Ratify Their City Contracts… Taxpayers Should, Too.

Proposed Local Law No. 2 of 2012 will bring contracts to the Common Council for an up or down public vote.

Support putting this on the ballot. Attend the Public Hearing, Utica City Hall, 5pm, Tuesday, March 6.

Tell the mayor and council you want real checks and balances on labor contracts.

Union members vote on these matters. Taxpayers should have the same right—through their elected Common Council representatives.

Many long-term problems came from lucrative deals made by past Utica mayors behind closed doors with rubber-stamp approval by the Board of Estimate & Apportionment. This denies taxpayers from saying what they want elected officials to do on union contracts. Taxpayers and the public should get the same right union members have.

Frank Vescera 1st Ward Councilman 797-7893
James Zecca Council-at-Large 725-3771
Tim Trent Concerned Utica Citizen 525-5591

Sponsored by: Councilmen Zecca, Vescera

INTRODUCTORY LOCAL LAW NO. 2 OF 2012
LOCAL LAW NO. OF 2012


Presented and read January 18, 2012. Placed on the desk of the members of the Common Council on January 18, 2012.


Adopted by the Common Council by a vote of Yeas _5, Nays_3_on February 15, 2012. Approved by the Mayor on _____________________, 2011 after a Public Hearing on _________2012.


BE IT ENACTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UTICA THAT SECTION 3.007 OF THE UTICA CITY CHARTER BE AMENDED TO ADD SEC. (a) (45) TO PROVIDE THAT ALL UNION CONTRACTS SHALL NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.



WHEREAS, under the present law, all union contracts that deal with salaries

and benefits are negotiated and approved without any input by the Common Council, and



WHEREAS, said contracts impact the taxpayers of the City of Utica and restricts the legislative body when it is dealing with the Annual Estimate,



WHEREAS, this Local Law is subject to a mandatory referendum and shall be submitted to the voters as the general election to be held November, 6, 2012.



Section 3.007, Section (a) (45) shall provide that the union contracts negotiated by the Administration shall not become effective until said contracts have been approved by a majority vote of the member of the Common Council.



This Local Law shall take effect on January 1, 2013 if adopted by the voters of the General Election to be held November 6, 2012.







Please find attached many City Common Councils throughout NYS approving Union Contracts. The Utica School Board and the Oneida County Board of Legislators also approve all Union Contracts.



Councilman Jim Zecca



Click here: City Council Approves CSEA Contract - Glen Cove, NY Patch



Click here: Council approves CSEA contract granting raises - Twin Cities - The Buffalo News



Click here: 5-year contract approved for Corning firefighters - Corning, NY - The Corning Leader



Click here: Oneida Common Council overrides Matzke veto; approves raises for CSEA, management employees (updated) - oneidadisp



Middletown, Police Union OK Contract
MIDDLETOWN ——
The police union contract has been extended until June 30, 2013.

The extension for police union AFSCME Local 1361 includes a wage freeze for the current fiscal year and a $1,850 raise for every officer in the 2012-13 fiscal year, along with a $100 increase in uniform allowances.



Some officers will receive step increases as part of the deal. The city and the union recently reached an agreement on the contract extension, avoiding arbitration. The common council unanimously approved the contract on Monday.

New contract approved for Fulton firefighters
Published: Monday, December 12, 2011, 9:52 PM Updated: Monday, December 12, 2011, 9:53 PM
By Debra J. Groom / The Post-Standard The Post-Standard

Fulton, NY -- Fulton firefighters and the Fulton Common Council have approved a new three-year contract for the fire department.

Mayor Ronald Woodward said the firefighters will receive no raises in 2012 and 2013 and a 2 percent wage hike in 2014. The amount they pay for health insurance will increase from 10 percent to 15 percent, they will pay for half the cost of their education benefits and anyone hired after Jan. 1 will be subject to a new pay schedule that is lower than the current one.

Woodward is working on the city's 2012 budget and is trying to close a $416,000 gap. The city also is negotiating with the police union and the Civil Service Employees Association.

CITY OF AMSTERDAM, NY
COMMON COUNCIL
OCTOBER 4, 2011

RESOLUTION #11/12-59


RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF AMSTERDAM AND AMSTERDAM PBA

BY: ALDERMEN ISABEL AND WILLS


WHEREAS, a memorandum of agreement has been negotiated between the City of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Police Benevolent Association subject to approval by both the legislative body and the members of the PBA,


RESOLVED, the Mayor is authorized to sign a contract between the City of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Police Benevolent Association containing the provisions of the previous collective bargaining agreement as modified by the memorandum of agreement dated August 18, 2011.



COMMON COUNCIL
City of Amsterdam, NY


Alderman Isabel
Alderwoman Pierce
Alderwoman DeRossi
Alderman Wills
Alderman Leggiero

ANN M. THANE, MAYOR
Dated: __________________________, 2011