YEAH. >> YEAH.
YOU ARE NOT.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LIZ BRITAIN DISTRICT COUNCILOR UH, FOR DISTRICT NINE AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
TODAY IS FEBRUARY 4TH, 2026. UH, AND THE EXACT TIME IS 2:02 P.M. TO UH, TWO MINUTES PAST 2 P.M. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
CHAPTER TWO OF THE ACTS OF THE 2025 MODIFYING UH ACTS OF 25 2025 MODIFYING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OPEN MEETING LAW AND REVISE AND RELIEVING PUBLIC BODIES
OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC BODIES CONDUCT ITS MEETINGS IN A PUBLIC SPACE THAT IS OPEN AND PHYSICALLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE
CONDUCTING THIS HEARING VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED AND IT WILL BE LATE AS WILL BE. IT IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED@BOSTON.GOV BACKSLASH,
CITY DASH COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON EXPANDED TV CHANNEL EIGHT, RCN CHANNEL 82 AND FILES CHANNEL 964 WRITTEN
COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT SCHOOL UH BOSTON LOCAL GOALS AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL CONSTRUCTION
PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THE HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE SIGNED UP AND WE'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU WISH TO SIGN UP FOR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND HAVE NOT DONE SO, PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON. KARISHMA KAHOOT KAHOOT Q&A UH
AT CHARISMA CAMERA IS MADE DOT C H O U H AND@BOSTON.GOV FOR THE ZOOM LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST.
WE. WE HAVE A LETTER OF OF ABSENCE FROM UH COUNCILOR LUCY LOUIJEUNE UH DEAR CHAIR BREADON AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I REGRET
TO INFORM YOU THAT I AM UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HEARING ON DOCKET
01412401250126 AND 0127 CONCERNING PROPOSED FINANCIAL YEAR 26 COLLECT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS AND APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE'S CAREFUL REVIEW OF THESE MATTERS THESE WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO ENSURING FAIR COMPENSATION FOR CITY WORKERS WHILE MAINTAINING
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. I THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR ITS CONTINUED OVERSIGHT AND FOR PROVIDING A FORUM FOR TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THESE IMPORTANT BUDGETARY ACTIONS. I WILL THOROUGHLY REVIEW THE
VIDEO HEARING MINUTES AND PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND SHOULD YOU OR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HAVE QUESTIONS OR WISH TO FOLLOW UP, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT MY OFFICE
AT 617635437 SIX OR AT THE LOUIJEUNE L O U I G U AND E@BOSTON.GOV. SINCERELY. RESOLUTION CITY COUNCILOR AT
LARGE TODAY'S HEARING IS UM DOCKET NUMBER 10124 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE NIGHT FOR
FISCAL YEAR 26 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR THE RESERVE WITH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $18,118,488 TO PROVIDE FUNDING
FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND BOSTON
FIREFIGHTERS I HAVE ASKED LOCAL 718 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK OF JANUARY 2026, 2026 DOCKET 0125 MESSAGE IN
ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 26, IN THE
AMOUNT OF $18,118,488 TO COVER THE FINANCIAL YEAR 26 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
IAFF LOCAL 718. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ON JULY 1ST 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2025 AND JULY 1ST 2025
THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE A BASE WAGE INCREASE OF 2.5% TO BE GIVEN IN
TO BE GIVEN IN JULY OF 24 AND A BASE WAGE INCREASE OF 2% IN JULY OF EACH SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR FOR THE CONTRACT TERM. THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES
SALARY ADJUSTMENTS IN JANUARY OF 2020 SIDES STARTING AT FIVE ,TEN, 15, 20 AND 25 YEARS OF SERVICE. DOCKET NUMBER 10126 MESSAGE IN
ORDER FOR THE APPROVAL OF OUR OF AN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FINANCIAL YEAR APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVES FOR COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING BY 1,000,300 AT $307,901 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 26 INCREASES
CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS
B A AS A BASIS. SO I'D IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON JANUARY 26TH, 2026 DOCKET NUMBER 0127 MESSAGE
IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT FOR FINANCIAL YEAR
26, IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,000,307 $307,901 TO COVER THE FINANCIAL YEAR 26 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE
CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS ASSESSED THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ARE SEPTEMBER 1ST,
2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE BASE WAGE AND BASE WHICH INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN SEPTEMBER OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT
TERM. THE CONTRACT ALSO ADDS A NEW STEP IN FINANCIAL YEAR 27 AND A NEW DEGREE AND AN AND A NEW DEGREE TO THE EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENTIAL. THESE MATTERS WERE SPONSORED BY MANUEL MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
JANUARY 28TH 2026. UM OKAY. UM TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL CONSULATES UH ED FLYNN
OF DISTRICT TWO COUNSELOR ERIN MURPHY, CITY COUNCILOR AT LARGE COUNCILOR WEBER UH FROM DISTRICT SIX AND COUNCILOR DURKAN FROM DISTRICT
EIGHT UM. I IN THIS AT THIS MOMENT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO HAND OVER THE UH MEETING TO ANSWER VIN WEBER .
UH, I MEAN THESE UM, NEGOTIATIONS AND UM. MADAM PRESIDENT YES. BECAUSE OH YEAH. YEAH, THERE'S A ADDITIONAL FEW COUNCILORS I CAN I CAN KEEP
THAT IN MIND. YEAH. UM, COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND COUNCILOR PEPEN HAVE JOINED US. IN THE FITZGERALD'S BEEN HERE AS. WELL BUT YOU KNOW. VERY GOOD THANK YOU.
AND THAT'S THE EVENT THAT THAT WASN'T SAID I THINK I CAN CLAIM. BRIAN EARL. AND SO I HAVE A LIST I CAN GO THROUGH IT. UH, HAD MADAM PRESIDENT I HAD. I'LL HAND IT OVER.
UM, COULD YOU GO THROUGH THE REST? FLYNN. MURPHY. WEBER. DURKIN. CULPEPER. PEPEN. UH. FITZGERALD.
A LOT OF THE PATTER AND. I WAS I HAVE A SLIGHTLY I'M GOING TO GO WITH CHARISMA ON THIS WHO'S BEEN UPDATING AND LIVE UH MADAM PRESIDENT SO HER ORDER IS FIRST COUNCILOR FLYNN
. YEAH. AND THEN UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, UH, SECOND COUNCILOR MURPHY THIRD UH, I'M FOURTH THAT ALL THE WAY TO THE END
COUNCILOR DURKIN, THEN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, THEN COUNCILOR ORAL THEN COUNCILOR CULPEPER, THEN COUNCILOR COELHO ZAPATA AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST COUNCILOR CAPTAIN. UH, SO IF PEOPLE HAVE THAT I'LL
CALL IT OUT. WE WILL UH, YOU KNOW, UH I'LL CALL IT A FEW, UH, YOU KNOW WHO'S ON DECK SO YOU KNOW, TO GET READY. IT'S A LONG LIST. UM THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR KEEPING TRACK BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT ON THE SCREEN FOR ME TO KNOW WHO'S HERE FIRST AND HAND OVER THE, UH, CHAIR TO, UH, COUNCILOR UH, BEN WEBER. OKAY. >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I JUST SO WE'RE JOINED HERE I IDENTIFY THE PANELISTS. WE HAVE, UH, TWO CONTRACTS BEFORE US. THERE'S THE UM, UH, LOCAL 718
FIREFIGHTERS CONTRACT AND THEN UH, THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS CONTRACT. I, UH JUST FOR EVERYONE SANITY ,I THINK WE SHOULD START WITH THE FIREFIGHTER CONTRACT, SEE
IF WE CAN GET THROUGH OUR QUESTIONS ON THAT AND THEN, UH ,WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACT. THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE DOCKETS SO I DON'T WANT TO MIX THEM UP. UH, HOPEFULLY THERE'S A DELAY
THINGS TOO MUCH, BUT I JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT'S THE PLAN . UH, WE'RE JOINED BY BUDGET DIRECTOR JIM WILLIAMSON, UH, DIRECTOR OF LABOR RELATIONS RENE BUCCI, UH, DIRECTOR
OF LABOR RELATIONS FOR DPS. UH UH JEREMIAH. HASSON IF I'M THE PRESIDENT AROUND. SORRY. UH, FIRE UH, DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER PAUL BURKE UM,
CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR FIELD SERVICES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UH, PATRICK ELLIS, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR SUPPORT SERVICES ROBBIE MARSHALL UH, LEE MAN DORINE
WHO'S SENIOR ADVISOR FOR LABOR. UM, SO I BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH QUESTIONS, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ANYTHING AND
LET'S JUST START WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FOR FOR EDUCATION. UH, WE IF YOU HAVE A SORT OF OPENING STATEMENT WE'LL GET TO YOU UH, NEXT BUT SO I THINK, UH YEAH. SORRY.
COUNCILOR MURPHY. WILL YOU BE ALLOWING OPENING STATEMENTS? I KNOW SHE READ AN ABSENT LETTER IN WHICH WAS EQUIVALENT TO WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN OPENING STATEMENT. YEAH, I I EACH COUNCIL WILL BE
GIVEN AMPLE TIME TO GIVE AN OPENING STATEMENT AND ASK QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO THERE'S TEN OF US HERE YOU KNOW WE'LL BE HERE FOR AN HOUR IF WE JUST DO OPENING STATEMENTS ON THE CONSOLIDATED.
IT'S IMPORTANT THE TIME SHOULDN'T MATTER. THIS IS IT WAS A WORK PUT IN ON THEIR OWN. SO I WANT TO. >> HAVE TIME FOR YOUR TIME TO MAKE YOUR STATEMENT AND ASK QUESTIONS. MR CHAIR, I. THINK I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE OPENING STATEMENTS THAT KIND OF ALLOWS US TO UM, FOCUS ON CERTAIN ISSUES AND MAYBE THE ADMINISTRATION AND FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN RESPOND IN SUCH
A WAY. BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A CITY COUNCIL IS TO UM, GIVE OPENING STATEMENTS. I APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU'LL HAVE TIME TO GIVE OPENING STATEMENTS AND I WILL JUST AND
AGREE TO DISAGREE ON THAT I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD. TIME IS AN ISSUE. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THESE MATTERS UP FOR A VOTE ON WEDNESDAY. UH, THESE CONTRACTS WILL LEAD TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT LEASE AND OVER A MONTH AGO UH, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN MAKE A THING OF AN EDUCATED DECISION ON WHETHER TO APPROVE OR NOT. UM, SO DOES ANYONE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE ANYTHING A
PRESENTATION? UH, JIM? OH, SURE. I'LL JUST I'LL JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY. UM, WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS, UM,
PROPOSED AGREEMENT FOR VOTE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE RAISES TO THE FIREFIGHTERS. WE HAVE A COUPLE PROVISIONS IN HERE THAT REALLY ADDRESS, UM,
THE LONGEVITY AND REWARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE LONGER AND PROVIDED MORE SERVICE TO THE CITY. UM, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE UM,
RETIREES DOING PAY DETAILS SO THERE'D BE MORE FIRE DETAILS THAT ARE FILLED AND UH. PAY DETAIL INCREASE. ALSO FOR THIS UNIT.
UM AND AN ADDITIONAL LINE OF DUTY BED OF BENEFIT FOR ACTIVE FIREFIGHTERS UM. >> WHO ARE. KILLED IN. >> THE LINE. >> OF DUTY AND WE UM WERE ABLE TO GET SOME. CONCESSIONS WITH. >> SOME REORGANIZATION ON THE MARINE. UNIT. >> SO THAT.
EXPERIENCE UM AS A. FIREFIGHTER DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN GET THE RIGHT. QUALIFICATIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE WORKING IN THE MARINE UNIT. UM, THESE WERE. UM LENGTHY NEGOTIATIONS.
THEY WERE TOUGH AT TIMES. WE WERE AT THE GMC UM WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND UM MAKE THIS AGREEMENT HAPPEN AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE FOR IT.
OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JIM. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO. JUST SORT. >> OF OUR. >> OUR UH UH, STANDARD INTRODUCTION. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS JIM WILLIAMSON, THE BUDGET DIRECTOR HERE TO SPEAK TO THESE THESE FOUR DOCKETS UH, UM, IN
THE TRANSACTIONS THAT THEY THEY REPRESENT UM JUST POINTING BACK TO UH THE COUNCIL PASSED A BUDGET AND 26 UH, WITH A CENTRAL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RESERVE THE TOTAL $102.7
MILLION. UH, THE CITY COUNCIL'S ALREADY APPROVED UH, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. UH SEVEN UH, CBA SO FAR, UM, TOTALING $65.8 MILLION.
UM, AND THIS THESE UH FOUR DOCKETS ACROSS TWO DEPARTMENTS UH TOTAL UH $19.4 MILLION. UH, SO UH JUST JUST HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS IS SUPPORTED
WITHIN THE EXISTING UH OVERALL BUDGET OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND IT'S JUST MOVING THE DOLLARS FROM THE RESERVE INTO THE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS TO UH, TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, EFFECTUATE TO TURN ON THE THE
WAGE INCREASES AND OTHER BENEFITS OF THE CONTRACT. UH, OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I, UH, I WE HAD INVITED UH ,REPRESENTATIVES FROM 718 TO
UH, TALK TO THAT JUST GIVE UH, A BRIEF STATEMENT. UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH UM WE SO I DON'T KNOW IF SAM DILLON'S HERE. I THINK IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE. TO HEAR.
YOU KNOW. UH. >> IF HE HAS A STATEMENT BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS MIGHT INFORM OUR QUESTIONS. I THINK, UH, SOME SOME SAM TO NO THANK YOU.
THE CITY. UH, SAM DILLON, UH, REPRESENTATIVE 718 UM, IF YOU, UH YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR WHAT'S ESSENTIALLY PUBLIC TESTIMONY YOU HAVEN'T SEEN UH
UM AND YOU'RE HERE. >> UM THANK YOU. COUNCIL, UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. >> NOT SURE WHY. THE VIDEO ISN'T LOADING. UH, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PLAY WITH ANY IDEA. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BRIEFLY HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF LOCAL 718. UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU HEARD DIRECTOR BUSHING SAY, THIS WILL MAKE THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT WORK
DIFFICULT AT TIMES BUT BOTH SIDES 718 AND THE CITY STAYED AT THE TABLE UTILIZE THE JAIL AND MEDIATION PROCESS. I THINK BOTH SIDES WERE VERY HAPPY TO AVOID ARBITRATION.
WE JOIN THE CITY IN ASKING THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL TO ADVANCE ITS AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THIS COMING WEDNESDAY. VOTE UNANIMOUSLY, UH, TO
SUPPORT FIREFIGHTERS AND TO SUPPORT THIS CONTRACT OUR MEMBERSHIP OUR BARGAINING TEAM SPENT OVER A YEAR WORKING WITH THE CITY TO GET THIS DONE. OUR MEMBERSHIP OVERWHELMINGLY
RATIFIED THIS CONTRACT IN A GENERAL MEMBERSHIP VOTE JUST PRIOR TO CHRISTMAS. SOME TIME HAS GONE BY. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ADVANCE AND VOTED IN ENDORSE FAVORABLE.
OKAY. >> UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, SAM AND SO, UH, YOU'RE NOT ON THE PANEL. UH, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T, UH, QUESTIONS FOR YOU, UH, THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR STATEMENT. UM, JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO
ARE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. UM, YOU. KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, RICHARD. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY, SO LET LET'S START.
UH, COUNCILOR, I BELIEVE IT WAS MEAN. JUST DOUBLE CHECK COUNCILOR FLYNN YOUR FIRST YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO DO FIVE MINUTES FOR, UH, QUESTIONS BUT, YOU KNOW, TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME
FOR, UH, OPENING STATEMENTS TO ME SEVEN MINUTES PER COUNCILOR. SO, UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU'RE UP FIRST. COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU ARE ON DECK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER.
UM, TO THE TO THE FIRE COMMISSIONER AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE ON THE ADMINISTRATION THAT'S ON AND AND SAM DILLON
AND THE LOCAL 718 UM AS WELL I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE CONTRACT AND UM I THINK IT'S FAIR I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT.
I DO I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT FOR ME TO HIGHLIGHT. UM, AS I SAID, I THINK THIS IS A FAIR CONTRACT. I DON'T THINK THE CITY
OF BOSTON IS GIVING THE FIRE FIREFIGHTERS ANYTHING. I THINK THESE ARE THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS EARNED. UM AND IF FAMILIES EARNED
THROUGH HARD WORK, THROUGH DEDICATION, THROUGH SERVICE, THROUGH SACRIFICE, THROUGH HEALTH ISSUES UM, THAT THEY HAVE UM SO I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE THAT IT'S A FAIR CONTRACT BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FIREFIGHTERS IN THEIR FAMILIES ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT UM,
HEALTH ISSUES BECAUSE OF FIGHTING FIRES AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO A PRIORITY FOR ME. I KNOW IT'S A PRIORITY AS WELL FOR THE FIRE COMMISSION AND FOR AND FOR SAM, SAM, DYLAN AND THE
MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE FIREFIGHTERS WITH THE BEST MEDICAL CARE AND ACCESS TO, UM, SAFE, SAFE WAYS
TO FIGHT FIRES, UM, AND IN NEW FIREHOUSES AS WELL HEART DISEASE CERTAINLY A LEADING CAUSE OF UM DEATHS OF FIREFIGHTERS AND OBVIOUSLY
VARIOUS TYPES OF CANCERS. MIGHT MY UNCLE DENNIS WHO I ADMIRED GREATLY HE WAS DECORATED VIETNAM VETERAN FIREFIGHTER DIED DIED TWO YOUNG
UM THAT'S WHY I'M COMMITTED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE MEN AND WOMEN BECAUSE OF THEIR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR CITY THEIR SERVICE TO OUR NATION.
UM, SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. LET ME LET ME ASK ONE ONE QUESTION. UM, I DIDN'T FOLLOW THE ISSUE
ALL THAT CLOSELY WITH THE, UH, BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT MARINE UNIT UNIT. GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THAT PLEASE. WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON IT. I CAN SPEAK ON THAT. UM.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS PURCHASED THREE NEW BOATS FOR A TOTAL OF $15 MILLION AND THE BOATS AS IN FIRE TRUCKS HAVE EVOLVED TECHNOLOGICALLY SO THEY'RE MORE DIFFICULT TO
OPERATE. SO WE JUST WANTED UH, QUALIFIED MEMBERS TO UH, WORK ON THE BOATS WHEN WE PUT A UH A REQUIREMENT THAT UH, PEOPLE THAT APPLY TO GO ON THE BOAT
HAVE SOME TYPE OF MARINE BACKGROUND DEALING WITH SHIPS OR BOATS AND SOME LEVEL AND THEY SUBMIT A RESUME IF THE RESUMES ARE EQUAL THEN SENIORITY TAKES PRECEDENT AND
THE SENIOR MEMBER IS THE ONE THAT'S CHOSEN FOR THE BOAT. BUT WE NEED TO PROTECT THESE BOATS. THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY AND WE WANTED THE BEST PEOPLE ON THEM. SO THAT WAS WHAT WE DID WITH
THE BOATS. WE JUST. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS WITH SOME TYPE OF MARINE BACKGROUND. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. UM AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET
PROCESS NOW UM ARE WE ANTICIPATING MAYBE I'LL ASK THIS TO, UH, SOMEONE FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATION? ARE WE ANTICIPATING ANY TYPE OF LAYOFFS AT ALL FOR ANYONE
ANY PERSONNEL WORKING AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? UH, LET'S GET THIS UH UH, COUNCIL FUND. UH, AT THIS POINT WE'RE JUST IN
THE VERY EARLY BEGINNINGS OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE UH UM, UH, DEPARTMENTAL REQUESTS. UH UM WE HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE UH,
PERMUTATIONS OF HOW THE BUDGET WOULD EVOLVE. BUT UH, I DON'T I'M NOT SEEING UH, LARGE NUMBERS PARTICULARLY AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LAYOFFS . SO.
ARE YOU SO YOU'RE RULING THAT OUT. JIM, I'M GLAD YOU I'M GLAD YOU'RE RULING THAT OUT. IS THAT ACCURATE TO SAY. I DON'T I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T FILED THE BUDGET YET, SO IT'S NOT FINAL BUT CERTAINLY NOT SEEING IT AT THIS POINT. OKAY.
>> UM, AND THEN MAYBE MAYBE TO THE FIRE COMMISSIONER FIRE COMMISSIONER WHAT'S UNIQUE IN THE. BUDGET THE IN. >> THE CONTRACT MAYBE. AS IT RELATES TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF UM, FIREFIGHTERS AND THE FAMILIES.
ACTUALLY UM. THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT WE'RE NEGOTIATING ON THE CITY SIDE MIGHT HAVE A BETTER MEMORY. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THERE FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS, UH, A LITTLE UH, RENEE, DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING ON HEALTH AND
WELLNESS? WHAT I CAN'T TELL YOU ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS WE HAVE A DIVISION OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND THE MONEY FROM THAT USUALLY COMES FROM GRANTS SO THAT I THINK THERE'S A VERY SMALL PORTION THAT COMES FROM
THE BUDGET. I THINK MOST OF IT COMES FROM FEDERAL GRANTS. UH, IF ANYBODY ELSE COULD ADD TO THAT. WE DID THERE WERE DIFFERENT. GOING BACK AND FORTH. >> BUT IN THE FINAL CONTRACT THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S SPECIFIC
TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS. OKAY. >> WHAT ELSE WHAT ELSE? THANK YOU RENEE WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE BUDGET UM THAT IMPACTS THAT IMPACTS THE UH QUALITY OF LIFE OR THE OR
THE CONDITIONS FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS? UM, THOSE THOSE ARE UM THOSE ARE SOMETHING THOSE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT I, I LIKE TO FOCUS ON TOO BUT I ALSO BUT I ALSO
KNOW WE WE WE CAN ALSO FOCUS IT ON FOCUS ON IT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL. I CAN TAKE THAT ONE COUNSELOR. UH OKAY. SO THERE'S A. NEW BENEFIT UH, THAT WE'RE CALLING. WELL, WE'RE NOT CALLING BUT
IT'S CALLED THE LINE OF DUTY DEATH BENEFIT FOR ACTIVE FIREFIGHTERS AND UNIFORMED OFFICERS. SO THIS PROVIDES A BENEFIT FOR THOSE FOLKS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND THIS INCLUDES PRESUMPTIVE CONDITIONS.
SO IT ISN'T MERELY DYING IN A FIRE BUT YOU KNOW, THE SORT OF HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT CAN UH, ATTEND THE WORK OF FIREFIGHTERS AND UNIFORMED PERSONNEL THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER. SO IT JUST MAKES IT CLEAR THAT
ALL OF THE BENEFITS THAT ARE ENTITLED TO BE PAID TO THE SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS, UH, AFTER SOMEONE PASSES. SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT TO IT. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S UH, SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'VE
ENSHRINED IN THIS NEGOTIATION. OKAY. >> AND THAT'S EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. SO I SUPPORT THAT. UM, THANK YOU FOR WORKING CLOSELY WITH LOCAL 718.
I DO HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE LOCAL 718 THEY DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB
ADVOCATING FOR FIREFIGHTERS BUT ALSO EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT ADVOCATING FOR FIREFIGHTERS FAMILIES. UM, MR CHAIR, THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES,
WHAT I'LL DO IS IN SEVEN MINUTES, UH, THERE'LL BE IF PEOPLE HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS I WILL ALLOW THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE END AT THE END, UH, FOR A POSSIBLE SECOND
ROUND DEPENDING ON IF THERE ARE PEOPLE I HAVE 1 OR 2 QUESTIONS . UH, BUT, UM, I WILL SHUT MY CAMERA OFF AND WHEN THERE'S A MINUTE LEFT I'LL TURN MY CAMERA BACK ON SO YOU GET A SENSE
OF UH YEAH I DON'T IF ANYONE HAS IS PERFECT TIMING IS COUNCILOR FLYNN DOES UH I CERTAINLY DOES A THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT UH, CLOCK. SO, UH UH, MADAM PRESIDENT
BRAYDEN, YOU ARE UP NEXT AND I'LL TURN MY CAMERA OFF AND TURN IT ON WITH A MINUTE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WEBER. I THINK, UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN EXACTLY ASKED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS GOING TO ASK. I WAS INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MARINE UNIT.
UM, THE THREE BOATS, UH, AND THEY'RE MORE DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. DO YOU HAVE UM AND THIS IS THIS IS MORE OF A CURIOSITY ON MY PART IN TERMS OF HIRING FOLKS THAT I'VE GOT SOME MARINE
BACKGROUND. UM, WOULD THAT BE, UM WHAT WHAT SORT OF MARINE BACKGROUND WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN IN HIRING? UM AND ALSO UH ARE THERE
ONGOING UM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES FOR FOLKS WHO MIGHT NEED TO GET UP TO SPEED ON UH, WORKING WITH UH WITH THE MARINE UNIT ON UH OUT ON THE HARBOR AND OR WHATEVER.
UH, YEAH. >> YES, I CAN ANSWER THAT. >> THE THERE'S. A LOT. OF LICENSES THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE TO DRIVE A BOAT IN THE HARBOR AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE THAT ALREADY HAVE THOSE LICENSES. IT'S BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE
BOAT THAT THEY DRIVE. THEY THEY CALL CAPTAINS OF THE HARBOR. WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. UM, WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND QUESTION? I'M SORRY, UH, COUNSELOR, ABOUT THE, UH THE BOATS.
THERE WAS A SECOND. WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND QUESTION, COUNSELOR? OH, AND JUST IN TERMS OF, UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ONGOING TRAINING. OH, YES. YEAH. >> SO LET'S SAY ON THE BOAT THIS THERE'S. PEOPLE THAT.
DRIVE IT THEY'RE CALLED PILOTS. SO WE'RE OFFERING THEM TO GET CLASSES TO BECOME PILOTS SO EVERYBODY ON THE BOAT CAN BECOME A PILOT WHICH MEANS YOU CAN DRIVE THE BOAT, YOU GET A
PAY RAISE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY IS ON THEM FOR DRIVING THE BOAT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE OFFER IS FOR THEM TO BECOME PILOTS ONCE THEY COME ON THE BOAT HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE SOME MARINE BACKGROUND. THEY HAVE SOME SOME TYPE
OF BOAT LICENSE THAT WHEN THEY COME AND THEY JUST CAN BUILD ON THAT BY GETTING A PILOT'S LICENSE TO DRIVE THE CERTAIN SIZE BOATS THAT WE HAVE. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. AND THEN IN TERMS OF UM I
REALLY LIKE THE THE PROVISION OF YOU KNOW, THE THE DEATH BENEFITS FOR UH FOR THAT'S REALLY UH IMPORTANT FROM SO MANY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS UH, IF
THEY LOSE THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY, IT'S NOT JUST WHEN THEY'RE OUT OF FIRE NECESSARILY, BUT WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THE THE HEALTH RISKS AND DANGERS OF BEING EXPOSED TO
CHEMICALS ETC. THAT HAVE A DETRIMENTAL, UH, EFFECT ON LIFE EXPECTANCY. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT. UH ONE QUESTION I ALSO HAD WAS JUST IN TERMS OF UH RIGHT AT
YOUR SORT OF LEVEL OF OF UH STAFFING RIGHT NOW UM, IN TERMS OF DO YOU HAVE MANY VACANCIES IN THE DEPARTMENT AT THE MOMENT I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT UH THE BIGGER PICTURE AS WE THINK ABOUT THE OVERALL CITY BUDGET
THIS YEAR. WE HAVE UH. PROBABLY A SAME ATTRITION RATE EVERY YEAR. I'D SAY ABOUT 100 MEMBERS RETIRE EVERY YEAR. WE HIRE ON AVERAGE 60 TO 75 PER
YEAR. SO IN A TWO YEAR CYCLE WHICH IS THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM IT'S PROBABLY 150 HIRED. WE STAY UP WITH IT BUT WE CAN WE THE WAY TO CALCULATE IT IS
TO SEE THE OVERTIME. EVERY FIREHOUSE HAS TO HAVE SO MANY MEMBERS ON DUTY EVERY DAY AND WHEN THAT NUMBER DROPS DOWN WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR OVERTIME TO COVER IT. SO THE OVERTIME IS MINIMAL AT
THIS POINT. SO WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL WITH THE STAFFING RIGHT NOW. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. UM, COUNCILOR WEBER THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU THANK YOU.
OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THE OLD SEDIMENTS. IT'S UM UH, SO, UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, UH, YOU'RE UP NEXT. I I'M ON DECK. UH, I WILL ASK A COUPLE.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND AFTER THAT WOULD BE COUNCILOR DURKIN. SO, UH, MURPHY AND WEBER RENDERED SO COUNCILOR MURPHY AGAIN. I'LL SHUT MY CAMERA OFF. TURN IT ON WITH A MINUTE LEFT. YOU HAVE SEVEN MINUTES. THANK YOU.
>> UM, WANT TO THANK YOU, CHAIR BRATTON, FOR HOLDING THIS, MAKING SURE WE CAN GET THIS VOTE TO HAPPEN ON WEDNESDAY. UM, I ALSO WANT TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF WORK THAT I KNOW WENT INTO BOTH OF THESE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BEFORE US TODAY THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IT'S A COMPLEX PROCESS. IT REQUIRES TIME, GOOD FAITH
AND SUSTAINED EFFORT FROM LABOR MANAGEMENT IN THE ADMINISTRATION. I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY THANK SAM DILLON AND THE LEADERSHIP AT THE IAF LOCAL 718 FOR THEIR
ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER BURKE, CHIEF PAT ELLIS AND RODNEY MARSHALL WHO I KNOW WERE ON THIS CALL WITH US TODAY FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION THROUGH THIS
PROCESS. UM, YOUR WORK AND YOU KNOW, STICKING WITH IT MATTERS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE ADMINISTRATION AND LABOR RELATIONS TEAM WHO I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ALONGSIDE THEM THROUGH
ALL OF THIS. I KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THE UM SCHOOL BASIS CONTRACT SECOND, BUT I DO JUST WANT TO INCLUDE THEM IN MY OPENING STATEMENT ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THE
BAZAAR AND THE SUPERVISORS AND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE ON REACHING THE AGREEMENT BEFORE US TODAY. AND AS A FORMER BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER AND EDUCATOR, I FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES I
KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW DEMANDING AND COMPLEX THE WORK OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IS. SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE STRONG AND SUPPORT LEADERSHIP WHEN WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
FROM THEM NEXT AND HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM ALSO, MY GOAL TODAY IS TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE AGREEMENTS DELIVER FOR THE WORKERS THEY COVER, HOW THEY SUPPORT RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION AND WHAT THE FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL IMPACTS ARE FOR THE CITY. THE HEARING IS IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO UM HAVING THEM ANSWERED.
I KNOW UM COUNCILOR FLYNN AND PRESIDENT BREADON HAVE ALREADY ASKED SOME GOOD QUESTIONS, BUT I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRE. FIRST, WITH THE LONGEVITY BUILT
INTO BASE PAY, ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THIS AGREEMENT IS EMBEDDING LONGEVITY INTO BASE PAY RATHER THAN RELYING ON SEPARATE STIPENDS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT SHIFT WAS IMPORTANT TO FIREFIGHTERS
AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE LONG TERM EARNINGS FOR OUR MEMBERS? UM WITH 15, 20 AND 25 YEARS OF SERVICE? MY SECOND QUESTION I'LL JUST READ THEM TO GET THEM ON THE
RECORD IS THE T CAP REFORM THE CHANGES TO THE TRANSITIONAL CAREER AWARDS PROGRAM TIED BENEFIT CALCULATIONS MORE CLOSELY TO A 25 YEAR BASE SALARY. CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THIS
REFORM AND HOW IT BETTER REFLECTS YEARS OF SERVICE AND SUPPORTS FIREFIGHTERS AS THEY TRANSITION LATER IN THEIR CAREER AND LINE OF DUTY DEATH BENEFIT? I KNOW IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY
COUNCILOR FLYNN WITH HIS PERSONAL STORY ABOUT HIS UNCLE AND ALSO COUNCILOR BREADON. SO I UNDERSTAND AND JUST WANT TO JUST GET ON RECORD THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE ANSWERED AGAIN BUT HOW IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT UM THIS CHANGE STRENGTHENS THE PROTECTION FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND PROVIDES GREATER SECURITY FOR THEIR FAMILIES. SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT IN THERE. AND THE LAST ONE THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION IS THE FROM THE
DEPARTMENT IN UNION PERSPECTIVE HOW DOES THIS AGREEMENT POSITION THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND MORALE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS?
WHEN I CAN TAKE AN INITIAL UM ANSWER OF THESE AND IF ANYONE ELSE FROM THE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO JUMP IN UM I THINK THE LONGEVITY AND THE T CAP CHANGES
UM WERE PROPOSED BY THE UNION. UM I THINK WHAT THEY REFLECT IS GREATER REWARD FOR YOUR LENGTH OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY. SO UM, THERE WAS SOMEWHAT OF A
A BENEFIT FOR T CAP AS TIME GOES UP AS TIME GOES ON WITH YOUR LENGTH OF SERVICE. BUT WE REALLY SORT OF FOCUSED ON THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH BOTH OF THESE SO THAT UM THE LENGTH
OF SERVICE AS YOU HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY YOU'RE YOU'RE BETTER REWARDED. SO I THINK THAT DOES REWARD UM LENGTH OF SERVICE AND UM, LONG TERM SERVICE MEMBERS WITH THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM THE CAP CHANGES IT WAS FROM A THIRD YEAR FIREFIGHTER. SO FOR A FIVE YEAR IT'S BASED ON A FIVE YEAR SALARY AND THEN OVER THAT IS A LIEUTENANT SALARY.
SO AGAIN A LITTLE BIT SMALLER CHANGE ON THAT BUT SAME IDEA REWARDING THOSE AND THEN WITH THE CITY LONGER AND I THINK THAT WAS WHAT THE UNION SOUGHT TO ACCOMPLISH AND UM WE WERE
ABLE TO COME TOGETHER ON THOSE TWO UM IN WHAT WAS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE LINE AT THAT BENEFIT JUST HOW IT WORKS WAS. THAT NO JUST UM ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I ALSO WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT IT BUT I DIDN'T NEED IT TO BE A QUESTION BECAUSE COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR BREADON BROUGHT IT UP ALSO. SO JUST THANKING YOU FOR PUTTING THAT AND INCREASING THAT SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES OKAY.
SO NO NO QUESTION THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE. THANK YOU. AND THE LAST ONE I DON'T KNOW UH. >> I DO. THINK OUR BURKE COMMISSIONER BURKE BUT. I DO THINK I CAN ASSUME THE ANSWER. TO THE MORALE.
BUT I DO HOPE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS. BUT WHAT ARE YOU HEARING AND HOPING THAT YOU KNOW THE MEMBERS ARE HAPPY WITH THIS AGREEMENT? UH. >> THEY SEEM TO BE VERY HAPPY
WITH IT. IT'S A GOOD RAISE FOR THE THE LIFE OF THE CONTRACT. UH, WE NEVER HAVE PROBLEMS RECRUITING EVERYBODY IN THE CITY WANTS TO BE A FIREFIGHTER. UH, MONEY'S A PART OF IT.
BUT PEOPLE REALLY WANT THIS JOB BECAUSE OF THE CAMARADERIE THE TEAM SHIP TEAM AND TEAM GROUPS AND EVERYBODY WE WORK TOGETHER. IT'S JUST A DESIRABLE JOB.
SO I THINK MORALE IS AT A HIGH POINT RIGHT NOW AND HOPEFULLY IT STAYS THAT WAY. MONEY NEVER HURTS THAT IT INCREASES MORALE SO THEY'RE HAPPY WITH IT. SO THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM ALSO
SAM I KNOW YOU'RE ON UM IN THE CITY BECAUSE LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS AND GETTING THIS TO OUR MEMBERS. THANK YOU COUNCIL WEBER. OKAY THANK THANK YOU,
COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, SO JUST IN TERMS OF LIKE UH ,TRACK AND FIELD YOU ANNOUNCED LIKE THE NEXT THREE SO I'M UP AND THEN UH, COUNCILOR DURKIN IS ON DECK.
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IS IN THE HOLES. WHAT THEY SAY TRY TO DEAL UH, PEOPLE EVENTS BUT, UM, SO, UH. I JUST. MAYBE THIS IS FOR, UM, RENEE OR
FOR LOU. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LITTLE WE BARGAINED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY WITH, UH, POLICE AND FIREFIGHTER UNIONS THROUGH THE GMC. CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN YOU KNOW
HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT? LIKE DID WE CHOOSE THE VOLUNTARY BINDING ARBITRATION OR WHEN WE SENT THERE YOU JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND AND.
UM YEAH, WE HAD A FEW SESSIONS UM WITH 718 AND I MEAN I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO DEEP INTO IT BUT UM 718 FILED AT THE GMC AND THE
CITY REMAINED HOPEFUL AT THAT TIME THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ARBITRATION PROCESS, THAT WE COULD COME TO AGREEMENT AND YOU KNOW, WE AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE GOING. THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WE CONTINUED. UM, WE HAD SOME OFF THE RECORDS WITH THEM AND WE HAD THEM ON THE RECORDS WITH THEM AND SO WE KEPT BARGAINING AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW. MEDIATIONS AND WE WERE WE WERE AT THE NINE EIGHT HEARING WHEN
WE FINALLY SETTLED. THIS UM, SO. THEY WERE SORT OF PARALLEL BOTH BARGAINING AND GOING THROUGH THE SAME. PROCESS OF OKAY. UM AND THEN UH, JUST IN TERMS
OF BACKGROUND LIKE THE WAY THE THE BASE RATES AND SO WE HAVE. T CAP AND THEN THE ADJUSTED THE LONGEVITY. BASE RATE, UH SORT OF INCREASES .
CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN HOW THOSE TWO THINGS WORK? UH, BECAUSE I. UM YOU KNOW WHAT THE T CAP DOES HOW THAT HOW THAT FUNCTIONS, UH ,AND WHAT THIS CHANGE MEANS
AND THEN THE SAME. TO THE. >> FOR A BASE SALARY WHAT'S THE WHAT IS A STRIP BASE I JUST I DON'T EVEN KNOW SO BASICALLY JUST THAT EVERY. I MEAN IT'S A IT'S A. PRETTY COMPLICATED. CONTRACT SO.
>> I. WISH I HAD SOMEONE FROM FINANCE OR THAT BUT UM SO WE TOOK IT DOWN TO A BASE PAY RATE AND THIS HAD INPUT AND WE HAVE THE INCREASES LISTED IN THE. CONTRACT FOR. >> EACH OF THOSE YEARS.
AND THEN THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE ADDED ON ADDITIONALLY. UM SO YEAH THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT SPECIFICALLY THAT'S IT'S THE MOST SPECIFIC
THING ON THE LONGEVITY TO GIVE FOR THE 510, 1520 AND 25 YEAR. UM FOR THE PAY STRUCTURE. I GUESS T. CAP SORT OF LOOKS SIMILAR TO ME. I JUST I REALIZED THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS.
CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES? >> YEAH SO OR YOU WANT TO GO ON THE GO. YEAH I WAS GOING TO SAY I COULD GIVE A LITTLE COLOR HERE I THINK SO T CAP IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AROUND UH SINCE UH
COUNCILOR FLYNN'S PUB UH PUT IT IN PLACE AT BARGAINING IN 1987 . UH, SO BASICALLY UH IT'S A. COMPLICATED SYSTEM AND HOW IT WORKS UM, I NOW HAVING DONE
THIS FOR FOUR YEARS I STILL DON'T THINK I COULD DO IT JUSTICE. BUT WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO IS THAT IT'S A LONGEVITY PROGRAM. BUT WHAT WAS DIFFERENT HERE IS
THAT MOST OF THE BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM LAND IN THE FIRST PAY PERIOD OF THE FIFTH YEAR OF SERVICE. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS CHANGE THAT. UM, SO IT ISN'T PEGGED TO A
THIRD YEAR FIREFIGHTER ANYMORE. NOW IT'S PEGGED TO THIS 25 YEAR. THAT'S THE CHANGE WE MADE. BUT THE OTHER REALITY IS THE TWO THINGS ARE SORT OF INTERRELATED IN THE SENSE THAT MOST OF THE BENEFITS, AS
WE SAY LANDED IN THE FIRST PAY PERIOD OF YEAR FIVE. SO WHAT THIS LONGEVITY BENEFIT DOES IS SORT OF ACTUALLY ADD LONGEVITY AT VARIOUS CHOKE POINTS IN A FIREFIGHTER'S
CAREER. SO THE STRIP BASED UH, PERCENTAGE OF WHICH SORT OF GIVES THEM THE FURTHER THEY GO IN THEIR CAREER, THE GREATER FINANCIAL BENEFITS FOR REACHING CERTAIN CHECKPOINTS.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE T CAP DIDN'T REALLY DO. SO THE T CAP MOST OF THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT AS WE SAY LANDED IN YEAR FIVE AND THEN IT CONTINUED TO PROVIDE BENEFITS
EACH YEAR FOR THE REST OF YOUR SERVICE BUT NOT LIKE THIS. SO THIS IS SORT OF ENSHRINING LONGEVITY MUCH MORE AS A CONCEPT. UM THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS DOES AND THAT'S HOW THE T CAP AND
THE LONGEVITY PAYMENTS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED HERE UH INTERRELATE OKAY. THANKS A LOT. AND THEN SO SO ON THE LINE
OF DUTY DEATH BENEFIT YEAH IT'S SECTION SIX IT SAYS SO WE'RE I UNDERSTAND WE'RE EXPANDING YOU KNOW THE SORT OF LINE OF DUTY UH UH, DEATHS COULD INCLUDE NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, BEING
INJURED IN A FIRE BUT YOU KNOW, HAVING THESE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES DOWN THE ROAD THAT AND WE'RE ADDING IS ADDING THAT TO MY BENEFIT IN MY TO BASICALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S RELATED ILLNESSES THAT OCCUR IN THE LINE OF DUTY EVEN THOUGH, UH, YOU IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE PERSON TILL LATER OR. YEAH, THERE'S STATUTORY
PRESUMPTION BENEFITS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE LINE OF DUTY DEATH BENEFIT. CAN YOU JUST AS OF LATE IN SECTION SIX IT SAYS ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHALL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING LINE OF DUTY DEATH
BENEFIT I I JUST I'M ASSUMING THE EMPLOYEES NOT YOU KNOW, THE PERSON WHO'S WHO'S. KILLED THEM ON DUTY IS NOT GETTING I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IS THIS. REFERRING TO SOMEONE THEY WOULD
GO TO THEIR FAMILY OR THEIR STATE IT WOULD BE OKAY. THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD GO TO OKAY. RIGHT I. >> JUST I DIDN'T KNOW I HAVEN'T READ THAT SECTION UM UH AND I GUESS UH OKAY I THINK THAT.
IS THAT'S IT FOR ME. UM AND A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO AT THE END OF THIS. >> UH. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, UH, COUNSELOR DURKIN YOU'RE UP. COUNSELOR FITZGERALD. YOU'RE ON DEBT. COUNSELOR WORRELL YOU'RE IN THE
HOLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM. CHAIR WEBER. AND, UM, AS A FORMER DISCUS. THROWER, I. APPRECIATE THE ANALOGY TO TRACK. SO, UM, I AM GRATEFUL TO THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TEAM AND, UM, AND, UH, THE LOCAL FOR COMING TO AN AGREEMENT. I THINK THIS IS GREAT AND I'M I SUPPORT UNION ORGANIZING AND I SUPPORT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
SO I'M PREPARED TO VOTE YES ON THIS CONTRACT AT THE NEXT MEETING. UM, I DID WANT TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY, UH, PARTS OF THE CONTRACT THAT ARE NOT YET OPERATIONAL AND UM, JUST AN
IDEA OF WHEN WHEN THOSE WOULD BECOME OPERATIONAL. OBVIOUSLY READING THROUGH UH, THE CBA IT'S ONE OF THE LONGEST CBA IS THAT WE'VE WE HAVE A HAVE BEEN GIVEN UM FOR A
HEARING SO THERE'S A LOT THERE UM AND I'M JUST CURIOUS SORT OF WHAT THE FISCAL IMPACTS UM OBVIOUSLY YOU NEGOTIATE ONE
CONTRACT AND WE'RE OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS THE CITY IS ALWAYS WORKING ON ANOTHER. SO JUST UM CURIOUS SORT OF THE DIRECT FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF THIS CONTRACT.
UM AND UM JUST CURIOUS WHAT UM CHALLENGES AND AMBIGUITIES SORT OF EXISTED WITHIN THE UM POTENTIALLY THE BARGAINING TO UH I KNOW HAVING READ THROUGH
SOME OF THIS NOT ALL OF IT'S NOT EVERY YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF LEGAL LANGUAGE. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF UM, THERE WERE ANY SORT OF DISPUTES WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, UM, PROCESS THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE AWARE OF. UM, THE OTHER UH, QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT UM, VACATION TIME AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT UM
MEMBERS UM, AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, I SAW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE CONTRACT ABOUT UM IF THERE WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY THEY MIGHT
HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR VACATION PLANS. I I WASN'T CLEAR EXACTLY HOW THAT GOT NEGOTIATED IN IT IF THAT HAD BEEN IN THE CONTRACT FOR A LONG TIME. UM, THOSE ARE BASICALLY MY
QUESTIONS ARE I'D LOVE TO HEAR UM HEAR. >> MORE. ABOUT HOW HOW THAT GOT UM HOW SOME OF THOSE THINGS GOT WORKED OUT. UM. >> SO GENERALLY WE DON'T IMPLEMENT ANY OF THE ECONOMICS UNTIL IT'S FUNDED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL. SO NONE OF THE ECONOMIC THINGS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED YET. UM. >> AND I DON'T YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T HAVE UNTIL IT'S FUNDED WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE DETAIL OF ON.
RETIREES EITHER. UM, SO MAYBE WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE DEPARTMENT TALK ABOUT THE VACATION BLACKOUT PERIOD IN THE IF THERE WAS A EMERGENCY, HOW THAT WOULD BE DEALT WITH.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT OR CHIEF. MAYOR CHIEF ELLIS, YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE? HELLO? >> YEAH. UH, SURE. SO, UH. THE VACATION.
BLACKOUT PERIOD UH, WE HAVE LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR VACATION PERIODS LIKE PRIME VACATION PERIOD WHICH IS USUALLY THE LATE SPRING SUMMER EARLY FALL. UH, AND THEN THE OTHER TIMES
OF THE YEAR, UM, WERE NON-PRIME AND SO, UH, IF THE CONTRACT ALLOWS FOR RANK FOR RANK COVERAGE WHEN, UH, THE OFFICERS TAKE, UH, VACATION, THEY'RE COVERED BY OVERTIME.
WE WERE MAKING ALL THE OFFICERS ,UH, DO THEIR OVERTIME DURING THE PRIME PERIOD. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE, UH, PLANS TO GO ON VACATION DOWN THE CAPE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JULY.
BUT ALSO THAT'S THE TIME WHERE WE'RE MANDATING YOU TO DO, UH, YOUR OVERTIME. SO, YOU KNOW, THE GUYS ARE DRIVING BACK KIND OF OFF THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT THEY HAVE TO WORK THERE OVERTIME. SO WHAT THIS, UH THE POLICY NO
CHANGE IN THE CONTRACT IS THEY CAN SPREAD THEIR OVERTIME OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND IT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME TO STILL WORK IN THE SAME AMOUNT. SO IT'S ZERO COST TO THE CITY BUT IT JUST GIVES, UH, THE
MEMBERSHIP I GUESS, UH. MORE LEEWAY. >> ON WHEN THEY CAN WORK THEIR OVERTIME. AND THAT YOU MENTIONED. SOMETHING ABOUT UH, AN EMERGENCY. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO THAT I YOU MIGHT HAVE MISREAD SOMETHING
THERE. I'M YEAH. I TO BE HONEST, I HAD NEVER READ THROUGH THE WHOLE CBA BEFORE AND I WAS SCANNING THROUGH TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF THE ASPECTS.
UM YEAH. I UH PERSONALLY UM I'VE HEARD A LOT OF ANECDOTES OF UM YOU KNOW, FIREFIGHTERS THAT'S AN AREA WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING TO GO ON VACATION AND THEN ASKED TO COME BACK.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, SO. THEY SHOULD NOTE THAT OUT, YOU KNOW? UH OH, GOOD. OKAY. >> THAT THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GETTING AT IS WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR VACATION AND UH, OBVIOUSLY I KNOW THAT FIREFIGHTERS WORK REALLY HARD.
UM, AND THEY DESERVE THE BEST AND SO TO THEIR FAMILIES. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SOLVING THAT ISSUE. SO UM AND YEAH, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR EVEN AS WE MOVE TO THE NEXT CONTRACTS, UM, THAT ARE BEING WORKED ON UM ,I REALLY THINK THE CITY COUNCIL'S ROLE IS TO RESPECT THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS SO I'M PREPARED TO VOTE
YES. AND UM, IF I HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS I WILL GO TO THE CHAIR TO RECEIVE THOSE. BUT I PLAN TO VOTE UM FOR THIS AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
SO HAVE A GREAT DAY AND I HOPE, UH, IF I DON'T SEE ALL OF YOU, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN. UH, SO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,
THEN COUNCILOR WORRELL THEN COUNCILOR CULPEPER. SO, UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YOU GET SEVEN MINUTES. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. AND THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PREVIOUS QUESTIONS. >> AS WELL. UH, RESPECT. >> THE PROCESS, RESPECT THE
FIREFIGHTERS. UH, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS AT THIS. >> TIME. AND HAPPY. >> TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THANKS. I DID SAY SEVEN MINUTES, BUT. I THOUGHT YOU SAID SEVEN SECONDS. GOOD JOB.
UM, OKAY, COUNCILOR ROLL. UH. YOU'RE UP COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU'RE ON DECK. COUNCILOR COLLETTE, AS A PART OF THIS IS THE WHOLE COUNCILOR FOR UH. THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE, UM,
DEPARTMENT HERE. FOR COMING. TO AN AGREEMENT ON A CONTRACT. UM, ALSO, I JUST WANT TO JUST GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT. TO MISSIONER BURKE. I KNOW. YOU'RE APPROACHING. UH, RETIREMENT. SOON, SO I JUST WANT. >> TO.
SAY. >> UH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. UM, I SAW ON THE CONTRACT. IT'S DATED 93. >> MILLION OVER THE FOUR YEARS . IS THAT BROKEN OUT EVENLY?
HOW IS THAT $93 MILLION? THE COST OF THE CONTRACT. HOW IS THAT BROKEN OUT? M DO WE DIVIDE IT BY FOUR? IS THAT WHAT YOU GET IN THE 18?
NO NO, IT'S IT'S UH THE THE BENEFITS AND WAGES ARE IMPLEMENTED IN EACH YEAR AND THERE'S SORT OF THAT COMPOUNDING EFFECT IN THE $93 MILLION IS THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OVER THE OVER THE FOUR YEAR PERIOD.
IF YOU. CAN YOU. >> PROVIDE US. WITH THE COST PER YEAR JIM. TRIP UM AND THEN. YOU KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE SEEN
YOU KNOW OVERTIME UM GO OVER COVID WHAT'S BUDGETED UM IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE THAT WE'VE. >> LOOKED. INTO IN THIS CONTRACT THAT KIND OF ADDRESSES UM THE OVERTIME
TRYING TO REIN IN IT? WELL, I THINK THE ONE THING THAT ALWAYS HELPS THE OVERTIME IS TO CONTINUE HIRING EVERY YEAR WE'RE VERY, UH, DEDICATED
TO HIRING A CLASS TO REPLACE THE RETIRED MEMBERS AND TO KEEP THE OVERTIME DOWN. IF YOU DON'T HIRE AND PEOPLE ALWAYS RETIRE, YOU HAVE TO PAY OVERTIME TO COVER THE THERE'S A
MINIMUM STAFFING ON THE FIRE TRUCK, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COVER THEM WITH OVERTIME. AND JUST THE FACT THAT WE HIRE EVERY YEAR IF WE TRY TO DO TWO CLASSES THAT HELPS THE OVERTIME. ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. THINK THAT IS ALL MY QUESTIONS AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING. YES THANK YOU THANK. YOU OKAY THANKS.
COUNCILOR UH COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND COUNCILOR CLYDE AS OPPOSED TO THE COUNCILOR APPEND UH AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF ANYONE HAS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND. UM. UH. >> OKAY. >> SO COUNCILOR. CULPEPER SEVEN MINUTES. CHAIR.
>> I WANT TO FIND. FULL SUPPORT FOR THE UPDATED. MASTER PLAN FIRE CONTRACT OF. FIRE TRANSMISSION LINES. ON A DAILY. BASIS.
KEEP OUR COMMUNITY. SAFE AND RESPOND. >> TO EMERGENCIES. PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SO RECURRED AND DEDICATION. THIS CONTRACT REFLECTS. THE RESPECT.
AND FAIR COMPENSATION AND THE RESOURCES THEY DESERVE FOR ALL THE VITAL WORK THAT THEY DO. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HONORING THAT SERVICE.
IT'S REALLY ENSURING THE SAFETY AND THE WELL-BEING OF EVERY RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. UH, BY INVESTING AND UM, AND REALLY INVESTING IN OUR
FIREFIGHTERS, WE'RE INVESTING IN THE STRENGTH AND THE RESILIENCE OF OUR CITY. I WANT TO THANK OUR CHIEF, UH, CHIEF BIRD, I WENT TO THE, UH,
THE DEAD PENNY, UM, I WANT TO COMMEND UH, THE CHIEF WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE YOUNG CADETS UH UH, WERE GETTING THEIR PIN ON THAT DAY.
HOW EXCITED THEY WERE. WE JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THE CHIEF FOR THAT. UM, AND THANKS WILLIAM FOR FATHER THE HARD WORK OF THE BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS.
YOU I'VE GOT SOME, UM SOME OF THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE VERY CLOSE TO ME AND A MINISTRY PERSPECTIVE. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY COME AFTER WORK AT ALL LIFE AFTER WORK IN
THOSE FOUR DAYS. AND SO I REALLY RESPECT THE LEADERSHIP RESPECT THE CITY AND THE FIREFIGHTERS FOR REACHING DISAGREEMENT. UH, BOTH OF OUR HEROES AND
SHARE SHE ROLES THAT ARE ON THE FRONTLINES AND CONTINUE FOR UM DAY OUT DAY IN 24 WAYS TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAVE NO QUESTION I'M READY TO VOTE FOR, UH, THIS CONTRACT UH, WHEN IT COMES TO FORCE WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILOR. CULPEPER, I JUST WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR COMING TO THE CADET FITTING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THAT PROGRAM. AND WELCOME TO THE, UH, COUNCIL. UH, OKAY.
UH, AND UH, SO WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE COUNSELORS COUNSELOR CLUB AS A PARTNER AND COUNSELOR. BUT THEN I REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE WE ALSO ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE UH, THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS
CONTRACT IN WHICH WE WILL HAVE THAT, UH, CONVERSATION AFTER THIS. UM, AND ALSO, UH, LUMI AND DORINE HAS A PRIOR ENGAGEMENT. HE'S GOT TO LEAVE AT THREE.
HE'LL BE GONE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND COME BACK. SO SOMEBODY HAS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR HIM? HE'LL BE RETURNING, UH, IF NO ONE ELSE CAN ANSWER ANY MORE. UH, CAN WE?
SO, UH, COUNCILOR COLLETTA ZAPATA AND THEN COUNCILOR PREPEND UH, COUNCILOR CARLOS VALUE SEVEN MINUTES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I'M GRATEFUL TO. ALL FIREFIGHTERS THE LABOR
RELATIONS TEAM COMMISSIONER BURKE UH, LOCAL 718 AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. I'M GOING TO JUMP STRAIGHT INTO QUESTIONS. UM, REALLY? UM. PLEASED TO SEE THE MARINE UNIT
OPERATIONS AND UM AND THE EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM. JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW JUST GIVEN THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE BOAT FIRES OR WATERFRONT FIRES JUST HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE
DETERMINED BETWEEN YOUR MARINE UNIT, THE UH BPD HARBOR UNIT MASSPORT FIRE AND RESCUE. LIKE ARE THERE ANY FORMAL MILIEUS GOVERNING COMMAND OR
RESPONSE PROTOCOLS IN SAY THE BOSTON HARBOR OR THE CHELSEA CREEK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? UM, THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THE PRIMARY FIREFIGHTING
FORCE IN THE BOSTON HARBOR. THE MASSPORT UNIT WOULD BE FOR MASSPORT PROPERTY. UM. >> ALSO WE WOULD HAVE THE HELP OF THE COAST GUARD, UH, CHELSEA CREEK ON THE JURISDICTION I
BELIEVE WE GO PART WAY UP TO CHELSEA CREEK, BUT WE ARE THE PRIMARY, UH, FIREFIGHTING FORCE FOR THE BOSTON HARBOR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM. DO YOU SO CAN.
YOU ALL CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THE SO BFD ARE YOU ALL. EXCLUDED FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL PAID FAMILY LEAVE. POLICY DUE TO YOUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING STATUS? UH. >> THIS IS SOMETHING I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
NO, THEY'RE COVERED WITH THE THAT PAID PARENTAL. IS THAT. WHAT YOU ASKED? YES, MA'AM. >> YEAH. >> THEY GET PAID PARENTAL LEAVE. YEAH. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. SO CONSISTENT WITH THE SAME PARENTAL LEAVE THAT EVERYONE GET TO THE CITY. YES OKAY. AND IS IT, UM.
IS IT A. >> TIERED STRUCTURE WHERE FOR I MEAN THIS IS WHAT POLICE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES BUT IS IT A TIERED STRUCTURE IN WHICH THE LONGER YOU'RE OUT THE LESS YOU ARE PAID?
WILL YOU GET CERTAIN WE'VE COVERED THAT? UM, I THINK IT'S 150 THERE. IS IT 73? YES. IT'S A TIERED STRUCTURE FOR FOR A WEEK THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME BUT IN YOU GET 12 WEEKS OF IT AND THEN IF YOU STAY THE
WHOLE TIME IT DOES IT IS LESS. CAN YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH THAT? BUT MAYBE UH IT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT WHERE IF YOU ARE OUT FOR A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME ON
MATERNITY LEAVE YOU ONLY GET 75% OF YOUR BENEFITS AND THEN IT GOES DOWN TO 50%. IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS EVER ON MY RADAR BEFORE AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE AT 100 THE ENTIRE WAY THROUGH. BUT THERE'S ANY FLAHERTY THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE ON THIS FOR
ME RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I JUST I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME. I THINK IT'S UM 100% FOR THE FIRST FOUR WEEKS 75 FOR THE SECOND FOUR WEEKS AND THEN 50%
FOR. >> THE. THE LAST FOUR WEEKS. UM I IF I'M WRONG I WILL GIVE YOU THE POLICY AFTER THIS BUT UM YEAH SO IT DOES YOU DON'T GET FULL PAY FOR THE WHOLE TIME
PERIOD OKAY. THANK YOU I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING LONG TERM WE SHOULD CHANGE BUT THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY. UM SO I DO WANT TO GO TO STAFFING LEVELS I THINK AND JUST THE ANNUAL COST TO PAY
DETAILS THESE ARE DEFINITELY UM QUESTIONS THAT WE MAY NEED INFORMATION FOLLOW UP ON. SO IN THE BUDGET HEARING LAST YEAR I TALKED ABOUT BASELINE
STAFFING PER FIREHOUSE UM PER HOUR AND HOW OFTEN UM STAFFING FALL BELOW MINIMUMS REQUIRED BY OVERTIME. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT UM
ANYBODY CAN CAN TALK TO OR HAS INFORMATION ON NOW? WELL EVERY. DAY THE DAY PRIOR TO TODAY LET'S SAY YESTERDAY THEY FIND OUT THE ATTENDANCE FOR TODAY
AND THEY HAVE TO MEET A MINIMUM NUMBER FOR THE TWO DIVISIONS WHICH THE CITY IS SPLIT IN TWO DIVISIONS MASS HAVE IS THE DIVIDING LINE. SO THEY LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THEY CAN PAY IF THEY'RE BELOW
THE MINIMUM STAFFING THEY WERE HIGHER OVERTIME UH A LOT OF TIMES IN THE SUMMERTIME WITH VACATIONS THEY'RE BELOW UM ON AN AVERAGE DAY THEY'D BE BELOW NOT THAT MUCH BUT THEY WOULD
HAVE TO FILL THOSE SPOTS. SO IF A FIREHOUSE HAD EXTRA PEOPLE WE WOULD SEND THEM TO A FIREHOUSE THAT WAS UH, LACKING PEOPLE TO SAVE ON OVERTIME. SO WE BALANCE IT ON A DAILY
BASIS. AND IT WORKS PRETTY GOOD. WE TRY TO KEEP THE OVERTIME DOWN. UM, AND WE JUST NEED A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ON EVERY FIRE TRUCK TO MAKE THAT FIRE TRUCK GO OUT THE DOOR.
THANK YOU. AND DO WE HAVE AN ANNUAL COST OF PAY DETAILS? WELL, THEY WOULD PAY DETAILS ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR STAFFING IN THE FIREHOUSE.
PAY DETAILS ARE UM FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES AND OTHER PURPOSES. SO UM, THE ANNUAL COST I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S AN INCREASE UM, BUDGET. UH, THE LABOR TEAM COULD TELL
YOU WITH THE INCREASES IN THIS CONTRACT BUT WE ALSO IN THIS CONTRACT OPENED IT UP FOR RETIREES TO DO THE PAY DETAILS SO THEY DON'T GO UNFILLED BECAUSE WE FEEL THE SAFETY IS
IN JEOPARDY WHEN THEY GO UNFILLED AND THEY'RE VOLUNTARY SO THEY'RE NOT MANDATORY. SO THEY DO SOMETIMES THEY DO GO UNFILLED. UH RENEE WITH AN INCREASE ON THEM IF YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP
OF YOUR HEAD FOR THE PAY DETAILS VISIT TAB. IT WAS $14 BUT SO THAT IS NOT PAID BY THE CITY THAT'S PAID BY THE VENDOR WHO HIRES THE WHO HIRES THE FIREFIGHTER TO DO THE
DETAIL UM THAN THAT I MEAN AS FAR AS I KNOW IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY COST TO THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW JIM IF YOU HAVE ANY MAYBE THERE'S SOME ADMINISTRATION OR NON PAY FEES BUT.
NO I THINK YOU HAVE IT RIGHT. UH RENEE IT'S PAID BY THE THIRD PARTY WHO IS YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT. OKAY THANK YOU FOR THAT ONE. UM I DO HAVE A QUESTION AS RELATES TO FIRE VERSUS MEDICAL
RESPONSE DO WE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I ASKED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF BFD CALLS ARE DIRECTLY RELATED FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION UM VERSUS EMS AND
MEDICAL RESPONSE? THAT YOU GOT AN ESTIMATE ON THAT UH, RUNNING? WELL I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT. NUMBERS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US BUT LIKE YOU KNOW, THE FIRE
CALLS INCLUDES THE ALARM CALLS FOR FIRE. OKAY. YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT ONLY HAVE 10% THAT ARE ACTUALLY, UH, FIRES BUT ADD ON ANOTHER 25 TO 30%, UH, CALLS, YOU KNOW, YOUR
CENTRAL STATION, YOUR MANUAL PULL STATION PEOPLE. SO THOSE CALLS I WOULD SAY RUN UP TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, 40% AND THEN MEDICAL CALLS UH, PROBABLY ANOTHER YOU KNOW, 40% OVER THAT AND THEN YOU KNOW,
MISCELLANEOUS THERE WAS 20 YOU KNOW, ACTUAL FIRES TEN RESPONSE TO INVESTIGATE FIRE PROBABLY 30% MEDICALS 40% AND THEN YOU KNOW, SAY TECH RESCUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WOULD UH
ROUND US OUT OF THE OTHER 20%. OKAY. >> SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 40% FIRE RELATED EITHER INVESTIGATORY OR FIRE SUPPRESSION AND THEN THE OTHER 40% EMS OR MEDICAL RESPONSE. DEBRIS ABOUT RIGHT CONSOLE. YEAH OKAY.
CAN I JUST FORMALLY REQUEST THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN SURE. YEAH SURE. THANK YOU THANK YOU. UM I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME RIGHT NOW ON THE FIRE CONTRACT. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR, UH FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS AND FOR YOUR WORK EVERY DAY TO KEEP OUR, UH, CITY SAFE. THANK YOU. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, COUNCILOR PEPEN, UH, YOU ARE UP AND THEN, UH, IF ANYONE
HAS A QUESTION. UH, JUST. AFTER THAT AND IT'S, UH JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND, UH. WE'LL I'LL CALL YOU IN THE
ORDER THAT YOU, UH, ARRIVED. UM, SO, UH, COUNCILOR PAPIN. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND MADAM PRESIDENT FOR HOLDING THIS SPACE. UM. THE COUNCIL DID THAT. THIS IS TOO CUTE. UH, SORRY.
OH. OH, IT'S BEATING TIME HERE. OKAY. UM, UM, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER BURKE AND. PRESIDENT DILLON KNOW BOTH VERY WELL HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THE AMAZING WORK THAT I DO. I MY FIRST TERM I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR EVERY SINGLE FIREHOUSE. IN MY DISTRICT. AND BE ABLE TO JUST REALLY. SEE THE WORK THAT THEY DO AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL WITH PRESIDENT
DILLON, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT. JUST WHAT THAT LINE OF DUTY. MEANS TO THEIR MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. UM COUNCIL SUPPORT I BROUGHT UP A POINT THAT I REALLY AM.
PASSIONATE ABOUT WHICH IS PARENTAL LEAVE. OBVIOUSLY AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M MAKING SURE THAT OUR. FIREFIGHTERS ARE PAID ADEQUATELY WHEN AND IF THEY HAVE. A NEW FAMILY MEMBER UM COMING IN. BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING
IN SUPPORT OF THIS. OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE HEROES IN OUR CITY SO YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT. THANK YOU. OKAY. >> UH THANK YOU COUNCILOR. AND UH, VERY NICE SEEING YOUR NEW ARRIVAL.
UM, UH, I JUST I HAD A QUESTION FOR THE COMMISSIONER. UH, IT'S, UH I DON'T THINK IT'S RELATED TO THIS, UH, AND LET ME KNOW UM, IN TERMS OF LIKE THE HYBRID PATHWAY, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ARE IN THAT, UH, I KNOW THE STATE HAS HAS GIVEN SOME AUTHORITY FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO, UH, TO
DEVIATE FROM CIVIL SERVICE. UH, WHAT'S THE STATUS ON THAT? AND I'M JUST DO THIS CONTRACT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THAT? >> THE CONTRACT HAS NO IMPACT ON IT NOW THERE WAS UM STATE LEGISLATION.
IT'S UP TO THE MUNICIPALITY IF THEY WANT TO EXERCISE IT. WE CHOSE UNTIL IT TAKES UH, 50% OF EVERY DRILL CLASS IS A HYBRID. UH, IT GIVES THE CITY A CHOICE
TO PICK THE MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE DRILL CLASS. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH INTERVIEWS TESTING. THEY NEED THREE YEAR RESIDENCY AND THAT'S, UH IT'S HOW WE'RE DOING IT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE CADET PROGRAM WHICH FITS INTO THE 50% OF THE HYBRID. SO THE THE DISABLED VETS STILL HAVE 50% AND THE OTHER 50% GOES TO THE HYBRID AND THE CADET
PROGRAM COMBINED. OKAY. >> YEAH. THANKS A LOT. I KNOW UH YOU KNOW, IN MY EXPERIENCE SOMETIMES YEAH. >> YOU KNOW THERE'S A. THERE'S ISSUES WITH LACK
OF DIVERSITY AND HIRING UH AT DIFFERENT PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE AND AND PEOPLE WILL POINT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW AND SAY, YOU KNOW, MY HANDS ARE TIED. I APPRECIATE. YOUR SUPPORT FOR.
>> THE HYBRID PATHWAY AND UH, YOU KNOW, UM, AND AND ITS MISSION I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTED. YEAH. >> I JUST JUST TO. FINISH UP THE CADETS IN THE HYBRID UM, THEY. REACH EVERY.
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR APPLICANTS AND THAT THAT'S A I'M SURE EVERYBODY BELIEVES IN THAT THAT THESE CHILDREN DESERVE AN OPPORTUNITY. I THINK IT'S A FAIR PROGRAM. WE HAVE, UH, A DIVERSITY
OFFICER, MICHAEL GASKIN THAT HAS A TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT LOOK AT EVERY INDIVIDUAL AND PICK VERY FREELY AND IT'S WORKING OUT WELL TO THIS POINT. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. OKAY THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
UH, SO THAT'S IT FOR ME. UM, JUST IN TERMS OF FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS I SEE COUNCILOR QUINN'S HAND IS UP. I DON'T SEE ANYONE'S HAND IS UP. SO COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU HAVE LIKE 1 OR 2 FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, WE HAVE THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. UH.
>> YOU KNOW, WILL BE PATIENTLY WAITING. SO, UH. YOU'RE YOU'RE UP, COUNCILOR FLYNN I'LL GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES IF HE IF HE YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED SOME EXTRA TIME THERE'S NOBODY ELSE IS RAISING THEIR HAND ON IT. IT'S THERE.
BUT, UH. UM, I'M PASSING THIS UP TO YOU. THANK YOU. I'VE I WANT TO FOCUS ON. TWO QUICK POINTS. I WORKED FOR EIGHT YEARS TRYING
TO GET AN EMS STATION IN THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT. WE'RE GETTING THAT. COMMISSIONER, I'VE WORKED WITH YOU ON A FIRE STATION AS WELL. FIRE PRESENCE. IN THE. SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT AS WELL .
UM, JUST WANTED TO. ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY IF YOU HAVE AN UPDATE, ANY STATUS. BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ME FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, COMMISSIONER. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.
UM, I DO HAVE AN UPDATE WHERE I SPOKE TO THE DEVELOPER AND I THINK YOU WERE AWARE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A LAB AND THIS DEVELOPER TOLD ME THAT THE LABS, THE POPULARITY AND THE,
UH, RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS NOT WORKING OUT THAT WELL. SO HE'S TRYING TO DEVELOP A DIFFERENT USE PLAN USAGE FOR THE BUILDING WHICH HOUSES THE FIREHOUSE. AND HE HE PROMISED ME HE'D GET
BACK TO ME. I THINK HE HAD 36 MONTHS TOTAL . HIS CLOCK IS TICKING PRETTY QUICKLY NOW. I THINK IT'S NOVEMBER THIS YEAR SO HE HAS TO MAKE A DECISION BUT HE'S HE HAS TO PUT A
FIREHOUSE IN THE FIRST FLOOR WHATEVER FIRST TWO FLOORS, WHATEVER HE CHOOSES ABOVE IT'S HE JUST WANTS TO MAKE SURE IT'S PROFITABLE FOR HIS INVESTMENT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER ANOTHER UH ANOTHER
QUESTION. UM, A NEIGHBOR OF MINE ASKED ME IN THE SOUTH END UH, RETURN OF LADDER 13 TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF THE FOR SURROUNDING UH, LADDER COMPANIES. ALL VERY BUSY. WHAT DO YOU THINK,
COMMISSIONER? I THINK I LOVE THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S. VERY EXPENSIVE AT THIS TIME WITH THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THAT. UM. I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, THAT
FIREHOUSE IN SOUTH BOSTON THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IN THE WATERFRONT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO BOTH BECAUSE IT'S IT'S $1 MILLION A YEAR FOR A NEW FIRE. TRUCK TO BE STAFFED.
BUT THAT WOULD BE NICE, BUT I I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD THAT. YEAH THANK THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. AND I KNOW THIS WAS SOMETHING I WORKED WITH YOU ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS MY MY GOOD FRIEND
MICHAEL FLAHERTY AS WELL UM YOU KNOW GETTING A FIRE PRESENCE IN THE WATERFRONT, GETTING A FIRE PRICE PRESENCE IN THE FORT POINT UM, EITHER OR INCLUDING EMS. BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
YOU, COMMISSIONER. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO, UM ,ALL OF THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE ON HERE AS WELL. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO LOCAL 718 SAM DILLON
EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATING FOR THEIR MEMBERS BUT ALSO FOR THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL. THANK YOU. UH THANK YOU COUNCIL WEBER OKAY . THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR L SAW YOUR HAND. YEAH THANK YOU CHAIR.
AND, UH, JIM, JUST A QUICK, UH ,I GUESS RECOMMENDATION OR YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN WE'RE VOTING ON THE CBA IS I THINK THE DID
IT ON THEIR BA SARS CONTRACT UH, WHERE THEY BROKE OUT UH, THE HOW HOW THE COST UM OVER TIME UH FELT FOR WAGES THEY SAW
WHAT THE COST WOULD BE IN FY 25 AT WHAT 26 AND THEN THEY SHOWED UH TOTAL COST OVER THAT CONTRACT TERM. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE GOING FORWARD ON THESE CBAS I THINK THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
THANK YOU. GOT IT. UH, JIM, DO YOU THINK WE COULD GET THAT BEFORE OUR WEDNESDAY MEETING? I THINK SO, YEAH. I THINK. IF THERE'S AN ISSUE YET LET
ME KNOW I CAN. OR TALK ABOUT THAT OKAY. SO I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS . UH, I JUST I WANT TO THANK UH, YOU KNOW EVERYONE UH, FROM FIRE
DEPARTMENT UH, AND OUR LABOR RELATIONS OFFICE AND UH, YOU KNOW, AND OUR BUDGET MANAGEMENT OFFICE FOR. FOR ALL. >> THEIR WORK ON THIS AND IT'S BEEN A I THINK UH, AS UH AS SAM
DILLON HIGHLIGHTED IT IT'S BEEN A LONG, UH, TIME NEGOTIATING THIS UH, AND UH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GOING TO BRING IT UP FOR A VOTE ON WEDNESDAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE UM, YOU KNOW, UH
,GENERALLY UH, FOLKS SUPPORT SO UM UH, OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET TO THE OTHER CONTRACT UH, BEFORE US TODAY, UM, WHICH IS THE, UH
THE, UH, BOSTON ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS OR BASSISTS UM, WE HAVE UH, MR. UH IS IT AN OKAY AND I CLOSE?
YEP. >> HOUSING OKAY. SO DO BEFORE WE GET INTO QUESTIONS, UH DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, PRESENT TO US? AND THEN I ALSO THINK DO WE
HAVE DIANE HAUSER IS UH IS IS DIANE IS, UH, HERE FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY? DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S FROM AFFILIATED WITH THAT. SO SO. SO. >> UH, MR HASSON, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US A BRIEF PRESENTATION
ON WHAT THIS CONTRACT IS DOING AND WHY WE'RE. HERE. >> UH, AND THEN, UH, DIANE HAUSER CAN ALSO GIVE A STATEMENT BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS. YES. >> UH. >> JUST A REAL QUICK OVERVIEW. UH, FIRST THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR HAVING ME. AFTERNOON.
WE APPRECIATE YOU SQUEEZING A GOOD LIFE INTO YOUR AGENDA. UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. UH, SO I AM EXCITED TO PRESENT THE RECENT AGREEMENT WITH
BASIS, UH, SIMILAR TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY. WE WORKED, UH, A LONG TIME ON THIS, UH, AND BUT WE FEEL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REACH A FAIR, UH, EQUITABLE AGREEMENT WITH,
UH, WITH BASIS. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK, THE BASIS TO THE WHO THEY REPRESENT, THEY ARE CRITICAL MEMBERS OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM. SO UH, SPECIFICALLY THEY
REPRESENT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS ,UH, DIRECTORS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND FIELD COORDINATORS AND FOOD AND NUTRITION NOW FOOD NUTRITIONAL SERVICES.
SO IT'S A WIDE VARIETY OF SUPERVISORS AND ADMINISTRATORS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. UH, I BELIEVE TODAY THAT THERE'S CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY 150 MEMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT .
UM, AND SO I THINK UH, PRESIDENT BRENNAN HAD HAD BROKEN DOWN SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REACHING AGREEMENT BY 2% FOR EACH YEAR. UH, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL
SALARY STEP UH, BUILT INTO UH THEIR CURRENT SALARY GRADE. SO STEP NINE AT 2.5% ABOVE THE CURRENT STEP EIGHT. UM, THEN THERE'S SOME DIFFERENTIAL LANGUAGE UH,
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO THE EMPLOYEES AT IMPROVED AND INCREASED UM PAID PARENTAL LEAVE UH COMPONENT SO SIMILAR TO WHAT THE MANAGERIAL FOLKS IN
DPS GET UH THIS WOULD EXTEND PAID PARENTAL LEAVE TO UP TO 18 WEEKS UM AND THAT WOULD BE UNPAID UNLESS A MEMBER HAS UH ACCRUED UNUSED CHECK AND
PERSONAL TIME IN WHICH. >> THEY COULD. USE TO SUPPLEMENT THE CITY'S PAY IT OPTION TO BRING THEIR COMPENSATION UP TO 100%. UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS.
WE ALSO CODIFIED A FEW THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF ALREADY IN PRACTICE AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE YOU THROUGH BUT I DON'T KNOW IF. WE NEED TO. I KNOW IT'S BEEN KIND OF A LONG AFTERNOON FOR FOLKS. I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO MORE
DETAILS QUESTIONS COME UP UH, BUT AGAIN IF YOU DIANE CHAIR I CAN TURN THE MIC OVER TO HER BUT I WANT TO THANK DAN AND HER TEAM FOR, UH, THEIR ADVOCACY
FOR THEIR MEMBERS UH, BUT FOR ALSO THEIR PROFESSIONALISM BOTH IN NEGOTIATIONS AND UH, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAVE A. FAIRLY STRONG RELATIONSHIP. WITH. ,UH, OUR BUSINESS BARGAINING
PARTNERS AND UH, I EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE. SO THANK YOU. DAN. UM, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DIDN'T LEAVE MR HOUSE AND WE CAN GET SOME QUESTIONS. YES. UM. >> SO, UH, I JUST BEFORE DAN
SPEAKS I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYONE FROM LABOR RELATIONS I KNOW WHO HAD STEPPED WHAT LOOKS LIKE RENEE HAS ALSO I DON'T SEE RENEE AND. >> THEY. CAN SPEAK LATER. UH.
BUT UM. UH I DON'T AND AND UH, SO DIANE ,WE THIS IS, UH, PUBLIC TESTIMONY USUALLY COMES AT THE END. YOU GET TWO MINUTES. I JUST THINK IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HEAR FROM YOU NOW
BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATION. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES UH, UH, TO TO LET US KNOW. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WHATEVER YOU
WANT US TO KNOW AND AND HOW YOU WANT TO SAY GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU JEREMIAH. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSELORS. MY NAME IS DIANE HOUSER. PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON. ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS . BASIS I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR 340 MEMBERS. TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE
APPROVAL OF THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR OUR SCHOOL YEAR 2427 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. THIS CONTRACT THAT WAS RATIFIED
BY OUR MEMBERSHIP ALREADY RECEIVED THE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE FULL SUPPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT MARY SKIPPER. OUR MEMBERS. BOTH SCHOOL.
BASED AND CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERS ENSURE THAT OUR BUILDINGS REMAIN SAFE, THAT OUR STAFF IS SUPPORTED AND THAT OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED EVERY DAY.
WE HAVE WORKED WITHOUT A CONTRACT FOR OVER A YEAR. WHILE WE RESPECT THE COUNCIL'S OVERSIGHT PROCESS, ANY FURTHER DELAY TO AUTHORIZE THESE FUNDS
DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF OUR MEMBERS. THESE ARE HARD EARNED WAGES, INCREASED WAGE INCREASES AND RETROACTIVE PAY THAT OUR
MEMBERS ARE COUNTING ON AUTHORIZING THIS APPROPRIATION TODAY ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD AND RETURN OUR FULL FOCUS TO THE CRITICAL WORK OF RUNNING OUR SCHOOLS, WAITING FOR OVER A
YEAR FOR OUR FINAL ACT FOR FINALIZING OUR AGREEMENT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR MORALE. NOW THAT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED AND RATIFIED, WE SIMPLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO COMPLETE
THIS FINAL PROCEDURAL STEP. PLEASE AUTHORIZE THESE FUNDS SO WE CAN RECEIVE OUR SCHEDULE PAY INCREASES AND WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ON ON THE RETROACTIVE PAY AS WELL.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR RESPONSIVENESS. WHILE I'M NOT NEW TO UNION LEADERSHIP, THIS IS THE FIRST CONTRACT THAT I AM LEADING
THROUGH THE FINAL STAGES OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE STARTED OVER THE PAST WEEK AS
WE WORK TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATORS WHO WHO LEAD OUR SCHOOLS, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR CITY SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE IT. UM UH SO I GUESS UH, JIM WILLIAMSON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS? UH, NOPE.
NO, I JUST I COVERED ALL, UH, THE DOCKETS AT THE BEGINNING, SO I'M GOOD. UM. >> UH, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE'LL JUST GET TO QUESTIONS THEN. UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO START
WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN, UH, FOLLOWED BY COUNCILOR BREADON AND THEN COUNCILOR MURPHY. UM. >> YOU KNOW, I, UH I GUESS IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AN OPENING STATEMENT, I JUST UM THERE'S UH I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO PUT
IT AT SIX MINUTES. UH, AGAIN THERE WILL BE A SECOND ROUND. UM, JUST. >> BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF COUNCILORS AND. UH, WE'VE. >> ALREADY BEEN THROUGH ONE CONTRACT SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE. UM. >> WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES. UH, BUT YOU KNOW.
I'M I'M SETTING THE TIME FOR SIX MINUTES AND I'LL COME ON ONE MORE MINUTE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, DIANE, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. OUTSTANDING WORK.
YOU DESERVE A FAIR CONTRACT. I THINK THIS IS A FAIR CONTRACT. I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, VOTING IN FAVOR OF IT. UM, I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE THE CHAIR TO BRING THIS FORWARD ON
WEDNESDAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT I KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE MEMBERS AS WELL TO BRING THIS FORWARD. UM. MR CHAIR, SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON LABOR RELATIONS, BUT I DON'T
KNOW IF ANYONE FROM LABOR RELATIONS IS HERE NOW. >> FIRST SO, UH, LUMINARY UH, IT'S SUBTYPE THAT RENE STEPPED OFF THEY WILL BE BACK FOR UH. LET ME GET IN TOUCH. I WILL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
FOR LABOR RELATIONS. UH, WE'LL JUST. WHEN THEY COME BACK YOU CAN ASK THEM UH, WELL, WHAT WE CAN DO IS UH YEAH, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO
YOU. I MEAN, YOU'LL HAVE OKAY TO TO ASK SOME QUESTION. WELL WELL, MR MR. CHAIR SO OBVIOUSLY I'M ONE 1,000% IN SUPPORT OF THIS CONTRACT. UH, BUT THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT
THE CONTRACT ALSO FOR UM, UM, BUS MONITORS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS UM WHAT UNION INCLUDES THE BUS MONITORS? NO, THE BUS THAT AND I CAN
ANSWER QUESTIONS. OKAY, OKAY. THE DISTRICT. UH, THIS IS WHEN RELATIONS AND, UM, SO THE BUS MONITORS ARE REPRESENTED BY THE UNITED STEELWORKERS.
WE ACTUALLY RECENTLY CAME TO A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH OUR BUS MONITORING UNIT, UH, AND I SCHEDULED FOR RATIFICATION, I BELIEVE ON FEBRUARY 7TH, UH,
FROM THE UNION AND IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE UH, SOON AFTER SO I BELIEVE ON THE 12TH. SO OKAY, WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH UH BUT I DO KNOW THAT UH, DIFFERENT YEAH.
>> NO, I KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT. I JUST WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM ALSO I THEY DESERVE A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT AS WELL. SO UH, BUS MONITORS ARE IMPORTANT AS IS THIS CURRENT UH ,CONTRACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO
BE VOTING ON ON WEDNESDAY. SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING ON THIS CONTRACT WEDNESDAY. UM, AND SO LET ME LET ME ASK
YOU THEN, JEREMIAH, UM, AS IT RELATES TO BP'S I WHERE ARE WE IN TERMS OF UM BUDGET CUTS, POTENTIAL BUDGET CUTS OR JIM
EITHER JEREMIAH OR JIM I DID SEE THE STATEMENT PUT OUT BY BP'S SUPERINTENDENT. AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR UH, BUT I DID SEE HER STATEMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SIGNIFICANT BUDGET
CUTS AT BP'S. WHERE ARE WE, JIM? UM, SO, UH, BP'S FINANCE WILL BE PRESENTING THE, UH, PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT'S CALLED FOR BY STATUTE THIS
COMING WEDNESDAY. UH, AT THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING. UM, SO, UH, THEY WILL BE PROVIDING THE STATUS OF OF, UH, THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR BP'S. THANK YOU. PROBABLY UH.
SO WHAT WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF, UM, POTENTIAL BUDGET CUTS? JIM? YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK THE THE YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE UH UH, THE
DISTRICT BUT UH, THERE ARE SORT OF AN ADJUSTMENT UM, THAT'S FORTHCOMING TO UH, SOME ENROLLMENT, UH, CHANGES IN THE DISTRICT AND THEN BUDGETARY PRESSURES UH, THE NOT UNLIKE SOME OF THE SAME BUDGETARY
PRESSURES WE'RE FACING AT THE CITY UH, PARTICULARLY AROUND UH, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, HEALTH INSURANCE BEING THE LEADING ONE. SO IT'S UH UH, TRYING TO TRY TO GET IT ALL TO FIT WITHIN SORT
OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES. IT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING THIS YEAR. YEAH. >> BUT I HEARD THEY WANT TO CUT STIPENDS THAT TEACHERS GET WHETHER THEY THE STIPENDS MIGHT BE FOR SOME TYPE OF AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM MIGHT BE FOR A
UM A SPORTS TEACHING SPORTS COACHING SPORTS RATHER UM BUT THAT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS THEIR OVERALL UM HEALTH OF THE STUDENTS. WHY WHY ARE WE WHY ARE WE
CUTTING THOSE PROGRAMS JIM. YEAH, I DEFER TO UH TO BP'S TEAM ON THAT AS WELL FOR THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT CHANGES AND UH YEAH. SO CARTER, MY UH MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ANY UM, STIPENDS ARE BEING REVIEWED BUT THEY UH UH THERE'S A REAL STRONG ATTEMPT TO MINIMIZE ANY
IMPACT ON STUDENT UH, DIRECT STUDENT SERVICES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE STIPENDS. UH, YOU KNOW. WELL. >> THAT WOULD THEN. THAT WOULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON STUDENTS. SO WHEN YOU CUT THE STIPENDS OF A TEACHER AND THEY'RE NOT
THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID FOR UM ,THEY'RE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID FOR TEACHING SPORTS. UM THAT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON ON THE ON THE STUDENTS. SO NO I WOULD CERTAINLY AGREE
BUT I'M JUST NOT AWARE OF ANY UH, ATHLETIC STIPENDS THAT ARE BEING UH, ELIMINATED. UM, AND AGAIN, WE PROBABLY WOULD NEED SOMEBODY FROM UM OUR
BODY TO SAY DEFINITIVELY BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, UH, SPORTS STIPENDS, UH, TEAMS THAT ARE UH THEY'RE BEING CUT AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS.
OKAY. >> UM, IN TERMS OF THIS CURRENT CONTRACT, WHAT IS IN THE CONTRACT THAT WILL THAT IS SUPPORTIVE OF THESE
ADMINISTRATORS, UM, ENSURING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING AT BP'S UH, ESPECIALLY DURING CHALLENGING AND DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES. WHAT IS IN THERE SPECIFICALLY
THAT WILL UM, SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES? WELL, SO THIS AGREEMENT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THINK UH, FAVORABLE FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP. IN THE AGREEMENT AND THE EMPLOYEES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE WAGE INCREASES THE ADDITIONAL SALARY STEP WHICH IS UH SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO BOTH REWARD AND IMPROVE RETENTION OF LONG STANDING BBF EMPLOYEES AND
SPECIFICALLY PATIENCE MEMBERS. SO, YOU KNOW, NOW RATHER THAN CAPPING OUT NEW IDEA, THERE'S ANOTHER YEAR WHERE YOUR SALARY WILL INCREASE, UH, INTO THAT NINE STAR UM ADDITIONALLY,
WHILE KIND OF UM THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY LIKE ADDITIONAL JOB SECURITY BUILT IN TO THIS CONTRACT, THE BASE OF THE CONTRACT ITSELF DOES HAVE LANGUAGE THAT UH, PROTECT MOST
SENIOR UH THE MOST SENIOR MEMBERS IN THE EVENT THAT UH POSITIONS HAVE TO BE CUT ACROSS LIKE DISTRICT WIDE. UH, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR. BUT JEREMI THOUGH THAT YOU GUYS
AREN'T CUTTING POSITIONS YOU TOLD ME. IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, JIM SO JIM YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE NOT CUTTING POSITIONS SO . AND WELL I THINK EVERY YEAR UH
,SCHOOLS GO THROUGH A WHAT THEY CALL THE LOG PROCESS UH TO EVALUATE THE POSITIONS NEEDED AT GIVEN SCHOOLS AND THEY FLUCTUATE BASED ON STUDENT NEED
PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES. SO I GUESS LIKE LIKE A POSITION BEING CUT FROM A SCHOOL DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN A LOT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE
LESS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL NEEDED AT HIGH SCHOOL A AND THAT HIGH SCHOOL B NEEDS AN ADDITIONAL UH ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OR UH SAME
THING GOES FOR ANY OF OUR OTHER JOB TITLES. SO YEAH BUT. >> I WANT I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE CUTS ARE GOING TO BE MADE IF THERE ARE GOING TO BE ANY CUTS. UH, MADE IT THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC UM,
SPECIFIC DATA ON WHERE THOSE CUTS ARE GOING TO BE MADE BECAUSE THIS WILL PROVIDE CITY COUNCILS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SCHOOLS, SEE HOW THEY'RE OPERATING BUT ALSO TO FIGHT AND
ADVOCATE FOR UM VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THEIR THEIR THEIR CONSTITUENTS. THERE'S THE FAMILIES. SO YOU KNOW I'M NOT I'M NOT BLAMING YOU BUT THAT'S THE
INFORMATION I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN. KNOW AND I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION AND I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THIS UH, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND I THINK YOU WILL
HEAR MORE UH, FROM OUR BUDGET FOLKS WHEN THAT BUDGET IS ULTIMATELY PRESENTED BEFORE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. I KNOW OUR SCHOOLS, OUR CENTRAL OFFICE DEPARTMENTS UH, GOING
THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF EVALUATING WHAT THE PROPOSALS ARE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AND HOW THAT FITS WITHIN THEIR CURRENT UH, POSITION ALLOTMENT AND ANY
CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE. EITHER NEEDED. SERVICE NEEDS OR UH, OBVIOUSLY THE UH, FISCAL REALITY THAT WE'RE FACING NEXT YEAR.
SO I THINK THAT INFORMATION WILL BE PRESENTED MORE UM, DISTRICT WIDE AT THE UPCOMING SCHOOL COMMITTEE. OKAY. >> OKAY. NOW THAT'S FAIR. THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN
ADVOCATING FOR THE CRITICAL ROLE OF COUNCIL HERE ON THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, UH, THAT THESE ARE CRITICAL DISCUSSIONS THESE ARE CRITICAL ISSUES. SO, UH, MR CHAIR, I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY.
>> THANKS I DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, LABOR RELATIONS? I KNOW THEY'RE STILL NOT HERE, BUT. MR CHAIR, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, UM, I'M GOING TO PASS ON THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY MORE TIME. OKAY? >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. >> SO, UH, COUNCILOR BREADON AND COUNCILOR MURPHY FOLLOWED BY ME, UH, COUNSELOR BREADON, YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UM, I'M CURIOUS. UH, BASIS I'M LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT GRADES I'M I'M LOOKING AT THE GRADES THAT A BASIS COVERS
AND IT DOESN'T, UH, COVER, UH, PRINCIPALS OF SCHOOLS. DID DID THEY HAVE A SEPARATE BARGAINING AGREEMENT OR ARE THEY ARE THEY SUBJECT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING? SO NO BY BY STATUTE THEY ARE UH
EXCLUDED FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. UM I THINK IT'S UH CHAPTER 71 SECTION 41 UH SPECIFICALLY IT SAYS THAT SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
CANNOT BE UH, UNIONIZED. AND I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE ED REFORM ACT OF 93, I BELIEVE. DO THEY HAVE ANY FORM OF UM
PROTECTION AGAINST UM HOSTILE DISMISSAL OR AND THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PROTECTIONS. IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? AND NO, THAT UM I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T SAY THAT THEY DO HAVE
PROTECTIONS UNDER THE STATUTE UH, PROVIDED THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE IN THAT POSITION THAT SCHOOL AS A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS AND THEY ARE UH EACH UNDER THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT.
SO THEY HAVE KIND OF CONTRACTUAL OBJECTION UH INDIVIDUALLY BUT THEY ALSO HAVE UH THE RIGHT TO ARBITRATION UNDER THE STATUTE. OKAY. >> VERY GOOD. UM. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK I.
THINK CONSTRUCTION RAISED SOME OF THE ISSUES. >> I THINK. THE THE CONCERN WE HAVE AROUND STIPENDS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING INTO A TIGHTENING SITUATION WITH REGARD TO A CISCO UH, HOUSE.
UM, BUT THE STIPEND SITUATION ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER STUDENTS STAY LATE, UM, THEY GET PICKED UP AT 4 OR
5, 430 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. UM, AND UM, YOU KNOW, THE STIPENDS REALLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL HEAR THE
DETAILS OF THE SCHOOL BUDGET ON UM ON WEDNESDAY, BUT I'M HOPING THAT, UH, THE STIPEND SITUATION CAN BE, UH, PRESERVED BECAUSE IT IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE SCHOOL DAY EVEN
THOUGH IT HAPPENS, UM, OUTSIDE REGULAR HOURS. UM, IT'S CONTINUING EXTENDED LEARNING FOR THE STUDENTS AND UH, SOCIAL TIME ETCETERA. SO, UH, I, I WILL BE KEEPING AN
EYE ON THAT UM, IN TERMS OF THIS THIS CONTRACT RUNS TO UH, JULY UH 2027 AND YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS ONE YEAR THIS
YEAR WITHOUT A CONTRACT. SO IT'S UH YEAH, AUGUST 31ST OF 2027 IS THE UH THE FINAL DAY OF THE CONTRACT IS IN EFFECT AND UH, IT WAS THE PRIOR
CONTRACT EXPIRED AUGUST 31ST OF UH 24. SO WE ARE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF UM, REMOVED. SO THAT WOULD BE THE FY OR THE
2425 SCHOOL. IT WOULD BE A FULLY RETRO UM PAYMENT FOR THE FOR THE WAGE INCREASE AND THEN UH GENERAL WAGE INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR WOULD ABOUT HALF OF THAT WOULD
UH ALSO INCLUDE A RETROACTIVE PAYMENT OR TREMENDOUS. YEAH SO I KNOW UM. THE THE ADMINISTRATION. >> HAS BEEN VERY UM WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO TRY AND GET
ALL THE CONTRACTS UP TO DATE. UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT'S THE USUAL PROCESS. DO YOU. USUALLY START NEGOTIATING WHEN . THE OF THE DEADLINE. >> OF THE END OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT OR DO YOU WHAT'S THE CAUSE FOR DELAYS LIKE WHY WAS
THERE A DELAY THIS THIS TIME. SO WE USUALLY TRY TO GET GOING BEFORE A CONTRACT EXPIRES. BUT THERE ARE A HOST OF THINGS THAT COME UP AND TIME
LIMITATIONS UH AND A LOT OF FOCUS OF OUR UM THE LABOR RELATIONS TEAM, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, UH, GOES INTO NEGOTIATING WITH THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION, BUT SOMETIMES
THAT KIND OF TAKES OVER A LOT OF THE THE TIME AND THEN YOU KNOW, ONCE THAT GETS DONE, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF SHIFT FOCUS INTO OUR OTHER UH UNITS.
SO WE HAVE 12 UNIONS COVERED BY UH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. UH, ACTUALLY 15 CBAS BECAUSE OF FOUR OF THEM. UM, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE UH
THE DELAYS AND WE HAVE MADE AN EFFORT TO TRY AND GET PEOPLE ON A A LITTLE BIT OF A STAGGERED TIMELINE. SO NOT EVERYBODY'S COMING UP. THE SAME TIME. YEAH. UH, YOU KNOW AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH SOME OF OUR
FACILITIES GROUPS SO. WE GOT. >> 2 OR 3 YEAR GROUP AGREEMENTS UH PRIOR BARGAINING CYCLE. SO THAT KIND OF HELPED US OUT. BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE UH THE
DELAYS IS JUST UH WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY MEMBERS OF MY TEAM RIGHT NOW. UM. WE HAVE. >> SIX ATTORNEYS AND THERE'S WORK COMING IN EVERY DAY AND SO, UH, GETTING THE FOCUS AND
THE TIME AND UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE ,UH, OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BOTH ON OPERATIONS AND THE EMPLOYEES. SO IT REALLY IS A VERY CAREFUL
,UH, DELIBERATE PROCESS, UM, THAT WE CAN'T REALLY RUSH THROUGH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UH, MR CHAIR, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. UM, I TRIED TO, UM, LEAVE AND
RENEE FOR, UH, HELPING US NEGOTIATE ALL THESE CONTRACTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. IT'S BEEN IT'S DOING A STELLAR JOB. THANK YOU. OKAY. >> THANKS A LOT. YEAH. FOR EVERYONE.
UH, MAJORITY IS BACK, UH, TO TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. UM, YOU KNOW, FOR ANY OF. YOU FOR SOME REASON, COUNSELOR FLYNN, YOU YOU YOU MISS SOMETHING? YOU WANT TO COME BACK LATER? IT'S FINE.
UH, SO COUNSELOR MURPHY, UH, AND THEN I'M UP AND THEN, UH, COUNSELOR DURKIN IS THIRD. UH, SO COUNSELOR MURPHY, YOU GOT SIX MINUTES. YOU, UM.
SO I KNOW JEREMIE YOU MENTIONED I KNOW GETTING A LOT OF CALLS AND, YOU KNOW, EMAILS FROM CONCERNED SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND SPECIFIC SUPPORT STAFF BECAUSE THEIR SCHOOL SITE
COUNCILS MET LIKE THEY DO EVERY YEAR IN JANUARY THROUGH PROBABLY WORK MAKING SURE THEY'RE SUBMITTING THEIR BUDGETS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THIS HAPPENED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH CONCERNS AND
CONFUSION AROUND ESSER FUNDING, BUT NOW WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION WITH THIS HIRING FREEZE AND I KNOW AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING I DID FILE A HEARING ORDER TO ADDRESS THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
SO I'LL HOLD OFF ON KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THAT NOW KNOWING WE'LL HAVE A BIGGER CONVERSATION WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN FRONT OF US. BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT COUNCILOR POINT AND
COUNCILOR BRENNAN SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE SOME TOUGH TIMES AHEAD AND I DO KNOW THAT STAFF SEVERAL STAFF HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THEIR JOBS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED . SO JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ON THE COUNCIL ARE ADVOCATING AND ASKING ALL THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. TO MAKE SURE. THAT WE MINIMIZE THAT AND WE'RE NOT IGNORING THE LOSS OF JOBS TO SOME OF OUR. WORKFORCE HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, THAT I'M GOING TO GO RIGHT INTO A COUPLE QUESTIONS I HAVE UM DID YOU KNOW OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, STAFF MANAGEMENT,
STUDENT SAFETY, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE OFTEN ALL AT ONCE. UM, HOW DOES THIS AGREEMENT RECOGNIZE THE SCOPE AND INTENSITY, ESPECIALLY AS WE
CONTINUE TO MOVE TO A DISTRICT THAT TRIES TO BE FULLY INCLUSIVE IN PUTTING MORE UM, TASKS AND BURDEN ON STAFF AND EXPECTING PARISH TO STEP IN
WHERE, YOU KNOW, LICENSED TEACHERS USED TO TAKE ON CERTAIN ROLES. SO DID THIS AGREEMENT ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS THAT I KNOW ARE
REAL FOR OUR. WELL, I THINK THAT IT UH AND I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT AND. UM AND I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY,
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED POWERS AND TEACHERS SO THAT THAT WOULD BE A UNDER THE BTU CONTRACT. THAT'S NO WAY. NO BUT BUT YEAH BUT OBVIOUSLY. >> NO BUT THEY HAVE TO MANAGE A SCHOOL RIGHT THAT USED TO BE STAFFED WITH DIFFERENT.
YEAH. SO WHEN YOU WERE YOU KNOW AN ADMINISTRATOR THAT HAD A SPECIAL ED TEACHER AND NOW A POWER IS TRYING TO STEP IN AND WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW GIVING THE SUPPORT AND PAY TO THAT POWER
TO DO THE SAME JOB OR YOU KNOW EXPERIENCE RIGHT. YEAH YEAH. SO I THINK THIS CONTRACT RECOGNIZES THE REALLY HARD WORK OF OUR BASIS MEMBERS. AND YOU KNOW YOU MENTIONED.
>> THE. SHIFT TO INCLUSIVE UH, EDUCATION MODELS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER UH, BUT
BASIS REPRESENTS A LOT OF OUR, UM, EMPLOYEES CENTRALLY IN THE OFFICE OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES. SO WE DO THINK, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL WAGE INCREASES THE ADDITIONAL STEP, UH, AT THE END
OF THE SALARY. GOOD. ARE. . YOU KNOW, AS. A STRONG STEP TOWARDS, UH, RECOGNIZING THAT HARD WORK UM,
WE'VE ALSO INCREASED THE DIFFERENTIAL FOR THOSE MEMBERS WHO MAY HAVE A DOCTORATE UH, WHICH BEFORE WAS NOT RECOGNIZED IN THE CONTRACT FOR THEM. UH, A FEW OF OUR MEMBERS AND
UM, OUR HAVE DO HAVE THAT SO THEY WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT AND THEN I THINK WE ALSO UH. WE'VE ADDED SOME SOME LANGUAGE THAT ALTHOUGH NOT LIKE DIRECTLY.
FINANCIAL IN NATURE UH IS BENEFICIAL FOR OUR MEMBERS. UM. >> THAT INCLUDES THE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE UH, EXPANSION THAT I THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. WE ALSO ADDED AN. ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL DAY EFFECTIVE THE BEGINNING OF NEXT
YEAR. UM, WHICH KIND OF UH, YOU KNOW, GO TOWARDS THAT QUALITY OF LIFE UH, QUESTION THAT CAME UP UH, PREVIOUSLY I KNOW 1 OR 2 OF THE COUNCIL SAID AFTER ABOUT THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT SO THERE'S UH SEVERAL KIND OF BENEFITS IN THIS CONTRACT THAT ONE WILL BE ENJOYED AND AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR BASE MEMBERS.
BUT I DO THINK BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT SUCH THE UNION REPRESENTS SUCH A STRONG. UH. >> PORTION OF OUR UH, OFFICE STAFF THAT THAT IS A PARTICULAR AREA THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THE NEW CONTRACT. OKAY.
>> UM THANK YOU. AND YOU MENTIONED LIKE PERSONAL DAYS AND OTHER UM, CHANGES THAT THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE GIVING OUR BUSINESS MEMBERS THOSE TYPES
OF BENEFITS. BUT IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO WHAT ELEMENTS IN THIS AGREEMENT MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE AND ALLOW THESE MEMBERS TO STAY FOCUSED ON YOU KNOW WHAT WHERE
YOU KNOW THEIR JOB IS TEACHING LEARNING IN THE SCHOOL CULTURE ,OTHER CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT THAT ARE ALLOWING THEM TO. >> DO THAT. JOB MORE EFFECTIVELY AND SUPPORTING THEM IN THOSE NEEDS.
SO THE PARTIES NEGOTIATED NEW LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WHICH WE THINK SPEAKS TO THAT THAT WILL REALLY UH UM AND WHAT
IT DOES IS IT REQUIRES UH ADMINISTRATOR OR MANAGEMENT NOT JUST MEMBERS TO WORK WITH THEIR BASE MEMBERS TO PLAN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO REALLY
FOCUS ON AREAS SUCH AS UH, TRANSITIONING INTO INCLUSIVE EDUCATION MODELS, UH, OR OTHER KIND OF. UM, YOU. >> KNOW, EITHER NEW INITIATIVES IN THE DISTRICT OR AREAS WHERE A SPECIFIC MEMBER MIGHT UH
MIGHT NEED A LITTLE GROWTH RIGHT WHERE UH YOU. THINK UH FREES UH MENTIONED STIPENDS AND UM, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS
GOING TO AFFECT I MEAN, WE CAN PUT IT INTO THE CONTRACT BUT IF FOR THEM WE'RE FREEZING THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND STIPEND ROLES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AVAILABLE THAT DOES NOT HAVE EITHER UH, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A STIPEND OR DOESN'T HAVE A HUGE FINANCIAL COST TO THE DISTRICT.
UM, SO I THINK WITH STRONG PLANNING AND AND FORETHOUGHT, UH, OUR DISTRICT LEADERS CAN BE VERY STRATEGIC.
AND STILL BE ABLE TO OFFER, UH, VALUABLE NECESSARY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO ASSIST MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, I THINK IF WE DO SO,
UH, UNDERSTANDING THE FINANCIAL REALITY THAT WE FACE AND WE KNOW THAT GOING IN, UH, WE CAN BE STRATEGIC AND SELECTIVE IN WHAT TYPE OF OFFERINGS WE, UH, ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT DON'T
COME WITH A HUGE PRICE TAG, BUT I STILL EFFECTIVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> I KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING. YEAH. >> IF YOU DO YOU HAVE A LAST OKAY. NOT UH GOOD. IF YOU HAD ONE LAST QUESTION.
UM OKAY, SO I DID. YEAH, I I'M UP. I'LL JUST ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND COUNSELOR DURKIN AND COUNSELOR FITZGERALD I GUESS SO FOR FOR FOR JIM JUST THE BASIC MATH OF THIS.
YOU KNOW YOU DO AS COUNCILOR EARLE POINTED OUT YOU DO POINT OUT THAT THE COST ESTIMATE RETROACTIVELY FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IS ABOUT 590,000
AND THEN FISCAL YEAR 26 IS 1.3 MILLION AND THEN FISCAL YEAR 2070 2.5 MILLION. IS THAT JUST A FUNCTION OF A 2% BUMP IN 25 CREATES, YOU KNOW,
SORT OF MORE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ADDING 2% ON TO A HIGHER AMOUNT IS THAT DO I. READ THAT RIGHT? YOU ACTUALLY GET TO THE COMPOUNDING EFFECT TO THE WAGE
ROLLOUT OKAY. UM AND I GUESS UH IN IN TERMS OF THE I MEAN WE SO WE'VE
TALKED TO, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THIS UH, $53 MILLION BUDGET. SHORTFALL. >> YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO PAYING THESE AMOUNTS AND THAT IS COMING OUT OF THE SAME
POOL OF MONEY? UH, MAYBE THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED AND I APOLOGIZE. WELL, UM, SO THIS THIS TRANSACTION IS BEING UH, UH, PUT TO THE COUNCIL FOR A VOTE
IS IS A IS A TRANSFER FROM A CENTRALLY BUDGETED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RESERVE TO THE DISTRICT. WHAT ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER SORT OF GROWTH AND WAGES GENERALLY?
UH, DO UM IN PARTICULARLY WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE BUDGET IS DEDICATED TO EMPLOYEE UH, WAGES AND BENEFITS? UH UH OBVIOUSLY UH UH HAS A
CONNECTION TO THE BUDGETARY BUDGET OVERALL. OKAY. >> AND SO YEAH SO THIS IS NOT COMING OUT OF THE FY 26 OPERATING BUDGET. RIGHT. AND THE. COLLECTIVE RIGHT IT IS IT IS COMING UH, BECAUSE THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS UH IS IS PART OF THE UH 26 BUDGET. OKAY. UM UH OKAY. AND THEN DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS BUDGETED FOR IN THE IN FY 26. OFF THE TOP.
>> OF YOUR HEAD NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK OF. UH, HOW MUCH THIS TRANSACTION WAS BUDGET IT'S NO. NO, I'M SAYING HOW MUCH IS IN THAT RESERVE IN THE UH PURSUANT TO THE FOIA 26. APPROPRIATION I.
YEAH. >> I KNOW WE HAVE THE $1.3 MILLION AVAILABLE FROM RESERVE TO TRANSFER IT TO. YES. OKAY. UM UH I. I LOOKED AT IT UM.
AND THEN I GUESS FOR UH FOR JEREMIAH IN TERMS OF THE REFER THE CONTRACT OR THE MEMO LIST REFERS TO CAREER AWARDS. UH, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THAT'S ABOUT?
UM, YEAH. >> SO THE. LANGUAGE UH, IN RESPECT CAREER AWARD IS ACTUALLY CODIFYING SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN UH, IN PRACTICE SETTING FOR AT LEAST A YEAR MAYBE LONGER WITH THE
BASIS CONTRACT UM, OVER WITH MEMBERS IN OUR CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM AND IT'S REALLY THE LANGUAGE IN THE CONTRACT WAS KIND OF OUTDATED AND IT RELIED
ON MEMBERS HAVING TO APPLY WHEN THEY HIT A CERTAIN YEAR. SO IF I GO INTO MY UH IN JUST 10TH YEAR, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE I USED TO HAVE TO APPLY AND
NOTIFY HR UH I'M IN MY 10TH YEAR. I NOW DESERVE MY CAREER AWARD AND UH I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN IT GOT NEGOTIATED INTO THE LANGUAGE BUT I THINK IT WAS
BEFORE WE WERE AS, UH, RELIANT ON TECHNOLOGY WHERE NOW WE CAN AUTOMATICALLY KNOW WHEN SOMEBODY IS GETTING IN. WHEN I THINK BACK, YOU KNOW, A LONG TIME AGO, UH, THIS WAS A
WAY THAT OUR OUR FOLKS WERE ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO JUST LIKE SCAN THROUGH PERSONNEL FILES UH, AT ALL TIMES OF THE YEAR. IT RELIED ON THE UNION MEMBER HAVING TO SAY YOU LOOK AT YOU
KNOW, I'VE HIT MY YEAR AND THE PROOF THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING AT FOR TEN YEARS NOW I'M ENTITLED TO LOOK FOR YOUR PERIOD. SO WE REALLY JUST GOT AWAY FROM THAT AND JUST SAID IT'LL BE AUTOMATICALLY UH, ADJUSTED WHEN
THEY HIT THEIR 10TH YEAR BECAUSE NOW IT'S ALL WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE THAT CAN KIND OF AUTOMATE THAT ADJUSTMENT. SO THAT'S THE CAREER WORLD LANGUAGE. BUT THAT PART OF AGREEMENT IS
REALLY JUST REVISING AND GETTING RID OF THE OLD KIND OF OUTDATED LANGUAGE. >> AND IS THAT JUST A FINANCIAL BUMP OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A PLAQUE YOU KNOW LIKE. OR SO IT'S NOT A FUNNY ACTUALLY
INCREASE UH, FROM WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE IN THEIR CAREER. WHAT I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS BUT IS ALREADY IS AWARDED UH, CAREER AWARDS. UM, YOU GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
UH, SO I THINK THEY'RE AWARDED AT SEVEN 14, 19, UH, 29 AND 34 YEARS. THERE IS AN ADJUSTMENT I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT FIGURES BUT THE AMOUNTS THEMSELVES, UH, AS PART
OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE NOT INCREASING. IT'S JUST KIND OF HOW THEY'LL BE PROCESSED BETWEEN THE PARTIES. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, OUR, UH OUR BUDGET
ANALYST KARISHMA JOHN IS, UH, FOR ME JIM I THAT WE HAVE 102 MILLION I THINK BUDGETED OR WE BUDGETED 102 MILLION AND. I APOLOGIZE YOU UH, THAT IS THE
ENTIRETY OF THE CENTRAL UH, COLLECTIVE ITEMS FOR FOR 2016 APOLOGIZE FOR NOT I CAN. >> I JUST. WANTED TO GET A QUESTION. CAN I JUST THAT SO WHEN YOU SAY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RESERVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE RESERVE WITHIN THE OPERATING BUDGET?
NO NO IT'S IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET. IT'S BUDGETED CENTRALLY. UM AND SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR WE BUDGETED UH 102 MILLION. WE PASSED THROUGH CITY
COUNCIL SEVEN CBAS AND THEN THE THE TRANSACTION WE MOVED FROM THE RESERVE INTO THE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS. OKAY. BUT THEN JUST SORRY LAST UH THE JUMP FOR ME. THE UH.
THERE IS SOME AMOUNT IN THAT RESERVE THAT GETS BUDGETED THROUGH THE OPERATING BUDGET LIKE HOW DOES HOW DOES IT MAKE ITS WAY. IS THIS UM THESE DOCUMENTS
START AT THIS UH, 26 AND 27 ARE MOVING. THAT'S WHAT THE MECHANICALLY DOING MOVING THE MONEY OUT OF THE RESERVE INTO APPROPRIATION. UM, SO WHEN WE PASSED THE BUDGET LAST JUNE. UM.
>> WHERE DOES THE RESERVE FOR THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RESERVE IS THAT. WE DID IT'S A CENTRAL BUDGET ON THE CITY'S BOOKS. OKAY? >> NOT THE BUDGET. NOT THE PART. THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY WE'RE
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A $53 MILLION BUDGET SHORTFALL. WE'RE NOT THAT WE'RE WE'RE NOT UH, INCREASING THAT WE'RE TAKING MONEY FROM YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT INCREASING THE
SHORTFALL FROM YES BUDGET WE'RE DOING IS THERE'S A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RESERVE. WHICH WAS BUDGETED YOU KNOW, IN OUR IN ALL OF OUR WISDOM LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE KNOW WE GOT
THESE CONTRACTS YOU KNOW AND THAT'S COMING INTO DPS TO PAY THIS BUT WE'RE NOT TAKING FROM DPS TO PAY. >> YOU KNOW THEY GOT IT'S ADDITIVE TO THE BUDGET PROCESS OKAY I DON'T. KNOW UH.
LEE'S PROBABLY SHAKING HIS HEAD OUT OF THAT UM UH SORRY. ABOUT THAT OKAY. UH, THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME. UH, COUNSELOR DURKIN AND THEN COUNSELOR FITZGERALD AND THEN
COUNSELOR WORRELL. SORRY, I DON'T SEE COUNSELOR DURKIN. SO COUNSELOR, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S FITZGERALD AND THEN, UH,
COUNSELOR L AND THEN COUNSELOR CULPEPPER. SIX MEMBERS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. UH, LIKE. PREVIOUSLY BEFORE. WELL, WE ALWAYS WANT TO KEEP. OUR EYE ON. ALL CONTRACTS RELATED TO BP'S GIVEN THE. >> RECENT. NEWS AND.
AND HOW. >> WE ARE FISCALLY SET UP FOR THE FUTURE. UH, I BELIEVE WE ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THAT. UH, BUT LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS. CONTRACT ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL. I'D HAVE. >> NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU JEREMIAH.
THANK YOU DIANE. UH THANK YOU JIM, UH. FOR ALL YOUR WORK. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH I FEEL LIKE UH LIKE LOYOLA MARYMOUNT BACK IN THE DAY WITH THE. BALL UP AND. >> DOWN THE COURT PRETTY FAST AND COUNSELOR FITZGERALD, GOOD
JOB. UH, APPRECIATE IT COUNSELOR. UM, OKAY. UM. LET'S SEE. SO COUNSELOR EARL AND THEN COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND THEN, UH, COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS THE. >> PARTNER COUNSELOR. WELL. >> UH, YEAH.
THANK YOU CHAIR. AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE INVOLVED AND, UH, COMING TO AN AGREEMENT ON THIS CONTRACT. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON MY COLLEAGUES. HAVE ASKED THE QUESTION THAT I
DO HAVE, BUT JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING ON THIS, UH, COME WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSELOR. WE'RE ALL COUNSELOR CULPEPER THEN COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF THE COUNSELOR AT THE TEN.
THAT'S A. >> PARTICULAR THANK YOU GOT EVERYBODY. SORRY ABOUT THAT, COUNSELOR. CALL THAT REVIEW. JUST START START AGAIN. I CAN. >> CHAIR UM, NO. ONE OF THE. >> INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THIS.
CONTRACT WITHOUT THE ADMINISTRATORS AND THE SUPERVISORS, I THINK THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL FALL APART. I THINK WITHOUT THEM MANY
OF THE AND I'LL GET TO THE PRINCIPALS QUESTION IN A MINUTE HERE BUT WITHOUT THE ADMINISTRATORS THERE THE GLUE THAT I THINK WILL EVOLVE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TOGETHER.
SO I DO WANT TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO GIVE THEM INCREASED BANDWIDTH. THEM BACK AND I'M GOING AND SUPPORTED UM COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL WITH HIM.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON ONE. UM, PRESIDENT BREEDEN ASKED WITH REGARD TO THE PRINCIPALS AND SO WE YOU KNOW, THE PRINCIPAL OF OUR REVENUE IS
THERE'S SOME KIND OF SCHEDULE ON WHEN THEY COME BEFORE UM THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE SMOKE WILL DO A HENRY SO I SAID SEVEN YEARS FOR 4 TO 19 YEARS OR TEN
YEARS FOR THE CAREER INCREASES. AT WHAT POINT DO THE PRINCIPALS AND I THINK THEY HAVE TO COME ON THEIR OWN INDIVIDUALLY OR IS THERE SOME KIND OF A LETTER
WHERE THE INCREASE FOR A REVIEW IS BUILT IN? SO YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE. OF THIS UH, CONVERSATION AND
I'M NOT EXACTLY UH, AN EXPERT ON EACH INDIVIDUAL PRINCIPAL'S CONTRACT. UM, BUT. I KNOW THAT. WELL, I. SHOULDN'T SAY THAT I I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S INCLUDED IN
EVERY INDIVIDUAL, UM, PRINCIPAL'S CONTRACT. I KNOW THAT THEY ARE TYPICALLY ,UH, JULY 1ST THEY START ON JULY 1ST AND THEY CAN GO FROM ANYWHERE BETWEEN I THINK
TYPICALLY 1 TO 3 YEARS. UM. NOW ONE COULD ASK ABOUT THE TERM OF CONTRACT. I WAS ASKING IF THERE'S A PROGRESSION WHERE THEY REVIEW
FOR INCREASES OR CHANGES IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT WHETHER IT'S YOU SAID TEN YEARS TO THE CAREER PATH WHERE SOMEONE REVIEW NOT PRINCIPAL BUT
INSTEAD OF REVIEW THEN YOU SAID SEVEN 1419. MY QUESTION IS DO PRINCIPALS. HAVE SOME. KIND OF. >> CURRICULUM WHERE THEIR EMPLOYMENT LET'S SAY SALARY OR
SITUATION IS IN NEW REVIEW JUST LIKE THE OTHERS? SO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE INDIVIDUALLY SO.
NO NO NO MY QUESTION IS IS THERE A CAREER LADDER. LET'S SAY THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING. LET'S SAY THEY DON'T COME TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE ON THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SAY I WANT TO GET INTO IT.
IS THERE A CAREER LADDER? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S ACTIVATED THAT CAUSES THAT PRINCIPAL TO BE REVIEWED OR INCREASE OVER WHATEVER?
SO MY UNDERSTANDING AND AGAIN I'M NOT THE CONTENT EXPERT ON THE PRINCIPALS INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS UM THERE FOR THE MOST PART NEGOTIATED DIRECTLY WITH
THE SUPERINTENDENT UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE UM CHIEF OF UH HUMAN RESOURCES INDIVIDUALLY. UM BUT I BELIEVE YOU KNOW, THERE IS UH THERE'S A NUMBER
OF FACTORS, UH, SUCH AS ENROLLMENT, UH, CERTAIN LIKE IF YOU'RE AT A UH, TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL I WOULD, YOU KNOW, USED TO BE CONSIDERED A TURNAROUND SCHOOL. THERE MIGHT BE SOME ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT. UH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO, UH, OUR PRINCIPAL CONTRACT LIKE WHAT THE FED BASE
IS AND I BELIEVE BUT I CAN'T SAY WITH CERTAINTY THAT THERE ARE, UH, CAREER AWARDS OR LONGEVITY, UH, PAYMENTS. UH, AGAIN, IT'S INDIVIDUAL SO
I'M NOT 100% SURE. SO THERE'S NO CURRENT LEVEL OF THERE'S NO TERM WHERE A PRINCIPAL CONFER WOULD BE
REVIEWED AUTOMATICALLY. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ONE. NO I'M TALKING ABOUT PRINCIPALS AND GENERAL. YES I. >> I YEAH. >> IT'S A TOUGH THING TO ANSWER I BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD REFLECT
OUR GENERAL COLA AND TO THEM BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE AND SOME PRINCIPALS MAY HAVE YOU KNOW MORE FAVORABLE TERMS NEGOTIATED I DON'T KNOW IT'S
IT'S INDIVIDUAL BY THE UM BY STATUTE EACH INDIVIDUAL PRINCIPAL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE SO ANYTIME THAT THEIR CONTRACT IS UP PRESUMABLY THEY COULD UH NEGOTIATE SOMETHING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO I THINK IT'S. A IT'S A LITTLE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE. I WASN'T, UH, EXPECTING TO TALK ABOUT THE CONTRACTUAL SO I'M SO SORRY, COUNSELOR, I I DO I
DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, UH, READILY AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. SO BY STATUTE, EACH INDIVIDUAL PRINCIPAL HAS TO EITHER MAKE A
REQUEST FOR AT THE END OF CONTRACT, THEN WE CAN DO DISCUSSIONS ABOUT INCREASES OR DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS.
YEAH OKAY OKAY OKAY THANK YOU THANK YOU. DEAR MOM, I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION. UH, BUT I KNOW THE STATUTE SAYS
THAT THEY HAVE TO, UH, INDIVIDUALLY THEY'RE A COMPLEX INDIVIDUAL. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHETHER THERE WAS SOMETHING AUTOMATICALLY THAT TRIGGERED SOME KIND OF REVIEW OF THE
CONTRACT WHETHER IT WAS FIVE YEARS, WHETHER IT WAS TEN YEARS OR THE END OF THE CONTRACT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON UH
ON THE CONTRACT BEFORE OF THE AGREEMENT WITH UH WITH BASIS. YES. YEAH. I SUPPORT. THANK YOU I. APPRECIATE OKAY. COUNSELOR CULPEPER THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. UH, COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR WORK ON ON THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT AS WELL. I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS. A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL AND ROBUST. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHILE I UNDERSTAND UM MEMBERS AREN'T CLASSROOM TEACHERS, THEY DO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE AND UM,
THE SCHOOL ECOSYSTEM AND STUDENT SAFETY AND EDUCATOR UH, SUPERVISION. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON THIS ON WEDNESDAY . THANKS SO MUCH CHAIR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH JENNY.
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS THEY CAN RAISE THEIR HANDS. PIERS THAT UM I DON'T KNOW, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU CLOSE THE HEARING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. I CAN I CAN I CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL UH, WEBER FOR UM, GUIDING US THROUGH THE THE PROCEEDINGS THIS AFTERNOON. UM, CHRISTIAN. RIGHT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY? NOPE. >> EVERYONE'S DONE. UM. >> THANK YOU. THIS HEARING ON DOCKETS 0124 THROUGH 0127 IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.