Minutes 07-24-03MINUTES OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SESSION BETWEEN THE
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF FIREMEN AND OILERS BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS
AND THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH HELD ON THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2003, AT
10:00 A.M. IN CONFERENCE ROOM C, WEST WING, CITY HALL, BOYNTON
BEACH, FLORIDA
Present:
For NCF&O:
Sharon Munley
Bob Kruper
Don Roberts
Richard Stone
Michael Taylor
President, Local 1227
Union Steward, Public Works
Union Steward, Parks Department
Union Steward, Utilities
Union Steward, Utilities
For the City:
Arthur Lee
John Jordan
Director of Human Resources
Assistant Director, Human Resources
Mr. Lee began the meeting at 10:15 a.m. He announced that Assistant City Manager
Wilfred Hawkins, who is part of the negotiating team, was not able to be present at this
meeting. He also introduced John Jordan, Assistant Director of Human Resources, who
would be a part of the team. Mr. Jordan, as well as department heads, will be in
attendance at some of the meetings based on need.
For the record, everyone in attendance introduced themselves.
Mr. Lee announced that the minutes from the last meeting were distributed at this
morning's meeting and that everyone could take time to review them. He said that at
the last meeting, they set ground rules, announced lead negotiators and who the
participants would be. We also agreed that although all proposals would be TA'd, all
parties reserved the right to go back and look at the draft proposals and come back with
modified versions, and that final proposals would be due by August 28. We also talked
about caucusing at the last meeting.
It was noted that the minutes of the July 16, 2003 meeting should state that John
Wolcott and not John Lockhart, was in attendance.
Ms. Munley requested that we approve the minutes of the July 16th meeting at our next
meeting so that everyone has a chance to review them. She also requested that the
minutes be three-hole punched in the future.
Meeting Minutes
Blue Collar Collective Bargaining Session
Boynton Beach, Florida
July 24, 2003
Ms. Munley reported that she had sent a letter to Mr. Lee regarding all of the stewards
on their team and that they would all be at some sessions and some sessions they
would not. The letter said that if they were bringing their attorney, they would inform Mr.
Lee in advance.
Mr. Lee explained that at the last meeting, they set some tentative dates for
negotiations. He spoke to Mr. Hawkins regarding these dates. The white-collar
meeting is still scheduled for 1:00 p.m. today. Today's meeting of the blue-collar is
taking the place of the July 25th meeting they had previously agreed to. Mr. Lee said
that Mr. Hawkins' schedule was open for the meetings on August 7~ and August 21st.
However, July 31st and August 14th were not good. He still had to check regarding the
August 28th date. All meetings will be at 1:00 p.m.
Ms. Munley asked whether there was a date that they could meet next week since July
31st was not good. She said that she was available on Tuesday or Wednesday
mornings or anytime on Thursday. She is available the weeks of August 11 and August
25 any day except Friday mornings. Mr. Lee said that he would check on this.
Mr. Lee explained that he met with the City Attorney, City Manager Bressner, Assistant
City Manager Hawkins and Assistant H.R. Director Jordan yesterday regarding the
City's proposal. There are still some changes to be made; therefore, the City is not
ready to exchange proposals. It was the consensus of the teams that neither proposal
would be exchanged until they were both ready and it could be a mutual exchange.
When asked by Ms. Munley whether the City's proposal for white-collar workers was
ready for this afternoon's meeting, Mr. Lee replied that it was not.
Ms. Munley asked that the union stewards review the Union's proposal between now
and the next meeting.
There being no further business, the collective bargaining session concluded at 10:31
p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Bonnie Glinski
Deputy City Clerk
(July 24, 2003)
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