So we don't Okay. Okay. Uh I call this meeting of the ch school committee back into order. Um so this meeting is being live streamed by CH televia and posted to CPS website for interested community members to act and watch. Inerson public participation would be taking place in
accordance with the school committee public participation policy and when speaking during the public input portion of this meeting is notified the superintendent's office of the desire to speak provided with these guidelines. So, uh, for those viewing at home, um, our meeting this morning is to vote on
contracts negotiated, school committee members, superintendent, assistant superintendent for all their hard work and getting these contracts done before the summer. I know I'm very excited. I'm sure the teachers and the par professionals and everybody else are also very excited. So, um with that said, uh we'll move on
to we don't have any speakers, so we'll move right into the the contracts. Sure. Um thank you. I echo Dennis's comments. Um it's great to be able to end the school year. Um on a positive note, be able to settle all of our uh contracts with our employee groups. We had four that were uh on cycle this year that
were expiring on June 30th. and um everything kind of came to conclusion over the last two weeks which again right prior to the end of school year is um is excellent. It uh it sets us up well for the start of the next school year. So you have four before you tonight. What I'm going to do is walk
you through them um individually and then after each contract um we will vote to um uh to ratify. So the first on the agenda this evening is with the Chsford Federation of Teachers, the Teachers and Nurses Bargaining Unit. So, I provided
you with copies of each of the uh MOAs. Um they're all relatively generic. So, uh you know, these are for a three-year contract that extends uh July 1, 2025 to June 30th, 2028. Um all dates will be modified in the contract. There are
obviously some uh minor language issues um that are clarified within the contract. Um within the teachers contract, just a couple of u financial uh updates for you. Article um number 12, we've agreed to increase the hourly rate that we pay for uh work primarily
during the summertime. It's currently $30 an hour. In the first year of the contract, it's going to go to 35 and then the second year of the contract, it's going to go to 40. This is more consistent with um geographically our comps within the uh Marramac Valley. Uh again, we had a couple of different
language updates. Uh, one of the things that the union had asked for and when we talked to the school, they also agreed. Um, our guidance counselors at uh, McCarthy Middle School who are now uh, kind of working on more of a more of a schedule similar to the high school. Uh, we're looking for some extra time over
the summer to uh, to be able to help the kids before they come back in September. So, like the guidance counselors at the high school, they're also going to work an extra 3 days uh, during the summer to uh, to assist and make sure schedules are are ready for when they return. Uh we did include some language within the
MOA um on the administration side to uh tighten up a little bit some of the course reimbursement process, some of the dates uh what actually counts for courses um towards course reimbursement. And then lastly, uh we incorporated uh different items over the course of the
past three-year contract. We've had different um clubs and activities and things like that have come along. we've had to add. We always do uh side letters or little MOAs uh while they're in uh in effect and then we roll them into the contract. So, we agreed to do that. And
then uh with the financial compensation for this uh three-year contract, um each of the three years is going to be the same. Uh the salary schedule currently has uh 12 steps. Steps 1 to 11 are going to receive a 2 and a.5% uh colar increase uh each year of the contract
and step uh 12 is going to receive a 3 and a.5% uh increase to each step of the contract uh from the district's perspective based on where the employees are all situated on the salary scale. Uh it has a 3% cost in each year of the contract. So this is a 9% cost to us
over the three years um divvied up obviously the way I just expressed but that is the u the bulk of the agreement with the um council federation of teachers the teachers and nurses bargaining unit. Anybody have any comments or questions related to the
teachers contract? If not I'll ask John since John was one of the members of the bargaining unit if he'd like to make the motion. Yeah. And I will just quickly say um it was a really positive negotiation for the people at home. Uh I was really excited to work
union itself. Uh we came in there with a goal of taking care of the teachers in a in a really positive way and to support them in the work they do. And uh I just want to say I'm grateful for their support and for the chairman's support uh during the negotiations. And with that I will make a motion. Um, so with
that, I move to approve and ratify the memorandum of agreement between the Chumsford School Committee and the Chumsford Federation of Teachers, AFT Massachusetts Local 3569, Teachers, and Nurses for the successor collective bargaining agreement that will be in effect for the three-year period from
July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2028 as negotiated and presented. Second. Second. Okay. All right. Any questions, comments? I just want to point out for people viewing home that um town manager Cohen is is part of our
bargaining unit. So he will also vote on our these contracts. So that being said, um we'll take a vote. Susan, I Paul I John I I I 6. Great. Thank you. It's a big deal. Second contract up this
evening is also with the Chancellor Federation of Teachers. This is the professional support uh personnel bargaining unit. And this bargaining unit comprises power educators, our clerks, our secretaries, and our aids that help during the um during the day.
This contract also expired on uh June 30th, 2025. It is a three-year contract that's going to run 25 to 28. Um some language updates, minor language updates uh within this contract. Again the um uh the biggest issue with regard to uh
wages, we had increased a little bit uh one of the stipens for uh toileting within the contract. Um we had included some language to just uh again update various um appendices uh references to salary scales within this agreement. And
in the end um from a financial standpoint um we're doing a 3% across the board increase on the steps one to six of the contract. So 333. However, this bargaining unit had for each of the different positions um a step six which
represented six to 14 years of service and a step seven which represented uh 15 plus years of service. So we ended up working with this group in this bargain to shorten those increments and to add uh a couple of steps so we now have five year uh intersections. So when you get
to step six, you're going to be on step uh six from years 6 to 10 and then you're going to go to step seven from 10 to 15 years of service and you're going to go to the next increment for 15 plus and and 20 plus. So um that was something that was requested when we took a look at the numbers. Obviously
not every individual is um on those steps, but it is something for people to um to grow to. uh and on those kind of longevity steps again people are going to be on those steps for 5 years as opposed to 10 or you know for the rest of their career with us. So those were the big uh updates with regard to um to
language and uh benefits within that particular contract and would recommend approval of that as well. Anybody have any questions or comments on this particular contract? Okay, since Maria you are on that negotiating I'll let you make this
motion. All right. So um since John has set the precedent here, I was uh on this negotiation. This um negotiation involves many different positions within um our system and I like to say that it
was a very positive uh negotiation and it was one where we really appreciated that everybody brought their own particular needs in their positions to the table and worked hard at re reaching this consensus. Um, and it's great to
begin the year with this contract. So with that, I move to approve and ratify the memorandum of agreement between the Chumsford School Committee and Chelmsford Federation of Teachers AFT Massachusetts Local 3569
professional support personnel for the successor collective bargaining agreement that will be in effect for the three-year period from July 1, 2025 through June 30th, 2028 as negotiated and presented.
Who was on? You want to do it? I second. Second. All right. Any other comments or questions on this particular agreement? All right. Uh Susan, hi. Dyanna I Paul I John I Ria I I 6. Thank you. The third
agreement before us today is with the Chelton Schools uh food service association. uh their agreement also was ending on June 30th, 2025 and is going to be extended for a three-year period July 125 through June 30th uh 28. So
within this grouping we have three different um uh individual uh workers, we have general workers, we have cooks and we have team leaders. Um, ultimately what we ended up doing was increasing the uh, general worker and cook uh, rates of pay by 75 cents an hour in the
first year of the contract, $125 an hour for the team leaders in the first year. That uh, stayed the same for year two. And then in the third year of the contract, 75 cents an hour for the general worker and cook, and a dollar an hour for the team leads. Um we updated a little bit of the sick leave language
within this contract so it's uh a little bit more consistent with some of the other um secretarial clerk units that we have. We did the same with personal leave and then vacation leave just to have some symmetry between the different contracts. Um that was basically the
gist of this agreement agreement. Right. So Diana I'll let you Yeah. Um this one was close to my heart as my mother was a food service worker in schools. Um and so I was really uh thrilled that we came to an agreement
and um I see and uh really recognized um unseen important part of the running of a school and the health of our kids. Um so happy to um move to approve and ratify the memorandum of agreement between the Chelmsford School Committee
and the Chelmsford Schools Food Service Association for the successor collective bargaining agreement that will be in effect for the three-year period from July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2028 as negotiated and presented. Second.
Great. Any other comments or questions? All right, Susan. I Anna I Paul I John I Maria I I 6. Great. The fourth contract you have before you this evening is with the Chelton School Administrators association. Uh and this was also a very
straightforward contract. Uh there were very minor updates to uh language and really just making things more current uh within the contract itself. And uh this included just a straight wage increase of uh 3% 3% 3% added to the um
salary tables of the individuals within this collective bargaining unit. So this one had a 9% cost over the three years as well. Any questions on this? Right Susan? I'll ask you to take the lead here. Sure. I just want to say
there were a couple of issues where we had some kind of deep discussions about um some of the ask but I want to thank everyone on the bargaining team for a very respectful and uh productive way that we um had the discussions and came to agreement. So thank you. I move to approve and ratify the
memorandum of agreement between the Chelmsford School Committee and Chelmsford School Administrators Association for the successor collective bargaining agreement that will be in effect for the three-year period from July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2028
as negotiated and presented. I'll second. Great. Okay. Any questions, comments? Right. Susan, I hi. Johanna, hi. Maria, hi. I 60. Thank you. And then the last um list
before you this evening uh is a memo that um Joanna had presented um sorry had prepared for you. This is a listing of all the non-affiliated staff uh in our district. So these are the individuals that don't fall within a collective bargaining agreement. Um they don't have an individual employment uh
contractor agreement. Um, and typically we present this list to you each year and we extend uh the same cost of living increase to the non-affffiliated employees as is extended for the uh affiliated employees within the district. Um, so the recommendation here is to apply a 3% uh cost of living
increase effective July 1 uh 2025 to this uh group of individuals. Okay, any questions here? So this is one we do each year. We'll have to do this particular vote because we're going to well and sometimes the people change. Um, so this is it's easy enough to just do every year, but we'll just do it as
because as we always have done this, we'll just do it as an annual Okay. vote. Great. Right. Any other questions on this one? Right. Maria. Okay. I move to approve a 3% increase to the annual salary or hourly rate of pay effective
July 1, 2025 for the non-affiliated employees of the Chelford Public Schools as presented. Second. Second. All right. Any other questions? All right. One more. Susan, hi. Hi, Hannah. Hi. You don't vote on I don't if you want to do
a token vote. So, I Maria I I So 5 Z. All right. All right. Four. Okay. Uh anything else people want to discuss? Okay. If not, I will take a motion to adjurnn. I will move to adjourn. Uh second. All those in favor? I I thank
you all. It was a