ORDER-2016-55 : Appropriation in the amount of $73,241.53 from Contract Stabilization Transfer Out to various Public Works and Cemetery Accounts as set forth herein.

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▶ 15:03 Speaker 3: And just one other thing, so the public understands we play no role in the collective bargaining process. So all we're doing here tonight is we're appropriating money to pay for COLAs to fund these contracts. The contracts are negotiated by the executive and we don't approve them. We can't change them. All we can do is if we deem it appropriate, we can fund them.

▶ 15:29 Peter D. Mortimer: Thank you, President Kahn. Alderman Medeiros, please.

▶ 15:34 Monica C. Medeiros: Thank you. I just want to go back to the numbers. So the retained earnings, which are the accounts that are not exactly the accounts, that's the area from which these two expenditures in 216 53 and 216 54 as a funding source we are able what you're saying is we're able to

▶ 16:09 Monica C. Medeiros: fulfill these obligations and still meet the budgeted targeted reserve amount that we have

▶ 16:16 Speaker 1: in the budget that's exactly correct what will happen at some point between now and june 30th we will come to the board and ask for an appropriation of that difference to each fund um so that that obligation would be satisfied that's exactly correct

▶ 16:31 Monica C. Medeiros: and when when that's done you're anticipating that there'd be eighty thousand seven seven seven

▶ 16:37 Speaker 1: point six eight and water and um ninety six seven seventeen seventy one and sore that would be uh

▶ 16:49 Monica C. Medeiros: unallocated in that sense and this is for a contract negotiation with local 272 when was

▶ 16:58 Speaker 2: this contract negotiations finalized in the last several weeks and that was for effective sort of

▶ 17:07 Speaker 2: backdated retro contract expired June 30th of 15 so retro to July 1 so we certainly couldn't have

▶ 17:18 Speaker 2: budgeted this previously no in fact i think if we go back to the budget hearings i made mention of it a few times that we funded according to what was in place thank you thank you alderman Medeiros

▶ 17:33 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: alderman makatia margolis please my question was actually answered it was regarding the retro

▶ 17:36 Peter D. Mortimer: thank you very much anyone else in queue seeing none is there a motion please motion to recommend second we have a motion to recommend by president khan duly seconded by alderman Boisselle seeing no further discussion all in favor of recommending to this full board please say aye aye any opposed hearing none this order will be recommended these three orders that are joined will be recommended to the full board for passage at our next meeting on december 21st john the next order we have before us is order 2016-56 it is an appropriation in the amount of $19,718.89 from contract stabilization fund transfer out to cemetery salary and wages and public works administrative salary and wages as set for herein we are still under suspension still joined by our cfo patrick de la russo and joined once again by our director of public works mr john chenna speak to it gentlemen please proceed so these additional funds um are required to fully compensate a slight modification in the cemetery administrators position that took place after the budget was um was passed and we have a new cemetery administrator working out of the wyoming cemetery and her hours were increased by five to provide a um a high level service to