April 25 Special Town Meeting
The STM was opened at 22:05.
Under Article 1 (Reports), Mr. Tosti presented the FinComm report, which was a motion to ratify CBAs with various unions. The CBAs contained a 6% raise over two years (roughly half retroactive to last year), part of said raise to make up for increases in health-care copayments and employee contributions. The biggest news is that new employees will have to pay 25% of the premiums instead of 15%. Article 1 was tabled.
In Article 2 (the actual article to ratify), Mr. Jamieson offered an amendment to transfer some funds around to “restore” some monies to the current fiscal year’s budget. Mr. Tosti objected that the amendment was outside the scope of the article and the Acting Moderator concurred. Mr. Hughes asked if the patrolmen were getting a 3% or 3.5% raise in 2007 and was told 3.5%. The FinComm motion was approved on a voice vote, Article 1 was taken off the table, and the STM was dissolved at 22:42.