HomeMy Public PortalAboutFiscal Year 2016 Proposed Budget Amendment (2)Michael J. Driscoll
Town Manager
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To: Honorable Town Council
From: Michael J. Driscoll, Town Manager
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Date: June 9, 2015
RE: Amendment to the Proposed Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
Enclosed please find, for your review and consideration, an Amendment to the Proposed Fiscal Year
2016 Budget related to collective bargaining.
Amendment I
To Read
Decrease
Police Prior Years Personnel Costs
$230,600
$369,400
0121051-51lxxx
Decrease
Police Clothing
$23,400
$70,000
0121051-510190
Increase
Police Full Time Salaries
$152,750
$5,132,864
0121051-510111
Increase
Police Specialist Pay
$1,000
$18,000
0121051-510122
Increase
Police Overtime
$26,000
$717,363
0121051-510130
Increase
Police Shift Differential
$6,000
$248,139
0121051-510141
Increase
Police Holiday
$14,500
$426,353
0121051-510142
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Increase Police Defib Compensation
0121051-510144
$18,000 $55,941
Increase Police Career Incentive $35,750 $766,218
0121051-510191
This Amendment is related to a Proposed Agreement with the Watertown Police Supervisors
Association, MCOP, Local 373 for a three year contract covering July 1, 2013 — June 30, 2016.
Item 9a on tonight's Town Council Meeting Agenda is a Proposed Transfer of Funds amending Fiscal
Years 2014 and 2015 compensation related to the first two years of the Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA).
The amended Fiscal Year 2015 compensation will need to be included in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
along with adjustments to various personnel accounts related to the third year (Fiscal Year 2016) of the
MOA.
Collective Bargaining is one of the budget issues that was identified in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
Message. As of this date, two Town union groups (Firefighters Association and Police Association) are
or will be engaged in negotiations for a successor collective bargaining agreement. All of these
perspective agreements will require transfers to the respective departmental budgets.
Amendment II
To Read
Decrease Police Prior Years Personnel Costs $369,400 $ -
0121051-511xxx
Increase Town Council Reserve $369,400 $944,400
0111152-570780
As you recall, as stated in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Message dated April 28, 2015, the recommended
Police Department funding level for Fiscal Year 2016 was $8,773,412 and $701,111 above the Fiscal
Year 2015 Budget. Monies for a Proposed Fiscal Year 2014-2016 Collective Bargaining Agreement
with the Police Association and Police Supervisors have been included. If agreements are not reached
prior to the Honorable Town Council's consideration and action on the Submitted Fiscal Year 2016
Budget, an amendment will be brought forward moving those monies to Council Reserve.
This Amendment moves the monies for a Proposed Fiscal Year 2014-2016 Collective Bargaining
Agreement with the Police Association to Council Reserve. Given this Amendment, the recommended
Police Department funding level is $8,404,012, a decrease of $369,400 from the recommended funding
level on April 28, 2015 and $331,711 above the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget of $8,072,301.
Once an agreement is reached with the Police Association on a Fiscal Year 2014-2016 Collective
Bargaining Agreement, I will respectfully request a transfer of hinds be considered.
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Amendment III
To Read
Decrease Fire Prior Years Personnel Costs $1,200,000 $
0122051-51lxxx
Increase flown Council Reserve $1,200,000 $2,144,400
0111152-570780
As you recall, as stated in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Message dated April 28, 2015, the recommended
Fire Department funding level for Fiscal Year 2016 was $8,798,773 and $1,139,521 above the revised
Fiscal Year 2015 Budget. Monies for a Proposed Fiscal Year 2010-2016 Collective Bargaining
Agreement with the Firefighters Association have been included. If an Agreement was not reached prior
to the Honorable Town Council's consideration and action on the Submitted Fiscal Year 2016 budget,
an amendment would be brought forward moving those monies to Council Reserve.
This Amendment moves the monies for a Proposed Fiscal Year 2010-2016 Collective Bargaining
Agreement to Council Reserve. Given this Amendment, the recommended Fire Department funding
level is $7,598,773, a decrease of $1,200,000 from the recommended funding level on April 28, 2015
and $60,479 below the revised Fiscal Year 2015 Budget of $7,659,252.
Once an Agreement is reached with the Firefighters Association on a Fiscal Year 2010-2016 Collective
Bargaining Agreement, I will respectfully request a transfer of funds be considered.
CLOSING
As a result of this Amendment, the Proposed Fiscal Year 2016 Revenues and Expenditures of
$119,115,250 remain the same as submitted on April 28, 2015 and represents a 4.50% increase over the
Fiscal Year 2015 Revised Budget.
In closing, given the projected increases in expenditures for Fiscal Year 2017 through Fiscal Year 2019,
the size of significant items contained within the Capital Improvement Program as well as the
uncertainty of State Aid and Economy Driven Revenues, I respectfully urge that all discussions and
decisions regarding the Proposed Fiscal Year 2016 Budget take into consideration all of the above
factors and their impact on the budgets for the next several fiscal years.
cc: Honorable School Committee
Honorable Library Board of Trustees
All Department Heads