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2 STATE OF NEW YORK : ONONDAGA COUNTY LEGISLATURE
3 COUNTY OF ONONDAGA
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5 In the Matter of the
6 Terms and Conditions of Employment for Bargaining
Unit Represented by CSEA Local 1000 AFSCME, AFL-CIO
7 for the Calendar Year 2015
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9 PUBLIC HEARING in the above matter, conducted
at the Onondaga County Court House Legislative
10 Chambers, 401 Montgomery Street, 4th Floor,
Syracuse, New York before JOHN F. DRURY, CSR &
11 RPR, Notary Public in and for the State of New
York, on February 10, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.
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ONONDAGA COUNTY LEGISLATORS PRESENT:
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DIST. NAME
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1st BRIAN F. MAY
15 2nd JOHN C. DOUGHERTY
(3rd TIM BURTIS - Absent)
16 4th JUDITH A. TASSONE
5th KATHLEEN A. RAPP
17 6th MICHAEL E. PLOCHOCKI
7th DANNY J. LIEDKA
18 8th CHRISTOPHER J. RYAN
9th PEGGY CHASE
19 10th KEVIN A. HOLMQUIST
11th PATRICK M. KILMARTIN
20 12th DAVID H. KNAPP
13th DEREK T. SHEPARD, JR.
21 14th CASEY E. JORDAN
15th J. RYAN McMAHON, II, Chairman
22 16th MONICA WILLIAMS
17th LINDA R. ERVIN
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Clerk of Legislature: Deborah T. Maturo
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Reported By:
25 John F. Drury, CSR, RPR
Court Reporter 471-7397
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2 THE CHAIRMAN: Good evening, again.
3 We now will call to order a public
4 hearing to determine terms and
5 conditions of employment for members of
6 bargaining unit Civil Service Employees
7 Association, CSEA, Local 1000, AFSCME,
8 AFL-CIO, for the Calendar Year of 2015.
9 The interested parties shall be
10 required to explain their position with
11 respect to a fact finding report and
12 recommendations issued by the New York
13 State Public Employment Relations Board.
14 Was the notice provided to the CSEA
15 and the office of the County Executive?
16 THE CLERK: It was.
17 THE CHAIRMAN: Was notice provided
18 to the media?
19 THE CLERK: It was.
20 THE CHAIRMAN: Thank you. Is there
21 a representative from the CSEA wishing
22 to speak? Is there a representative
23 wishing to speak on behalf of the County
24 Executive's position? Peter.
25 MR. PETER TROIANO: Good evening
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2 again, Mr. Chairman, members of the
3 Legislature. I'm here to present on the
4 recommendations of the County Executive,
5 with respect to the terms and conditions
6 of the employment for the bargaining
7 unit represented by the Civil Service
8 Employees Association, CSEA Local 1000,
9 AFSCME, AFL-CIO, for the Calendar Year
10 2015.
11 The County repeats and reaffirms all
12 the points made during the 2014 hearing.
13 For 2015, the County Executive
14 recommends that the legislature resolve
15 to provide the CSEA members to be
16 effective with the first full pay period
17 after January 1st, 2015, a 2.25 percent
18 wage increase, with retroactive payment
19 of base wages from the beginning of the
20 first full pay period of 2015, with the
21 remaining pay periods of 2015, and
22 includes the pay periods of 2016 through
23 the implementation of the wage increase,
24 and no other changes.
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2 payments, members so affected will have
3 -- will receive credit for the wage
4 increases in terms of pension
5 calculations and other things related to
6 salaries.
7 These recommended wages are the same
8 wages that were recommended by the State
9 appointed fact finder and the Union
10 Negotiating Committee had agreed to in
11 November of 2015. These wages are fair
12 to employees, because they provided an
13 adjustment to wages that is both
14 reasonable and equitable. Thank you.
15 THE CHAIRMAN: Thank you. Is there
16 anyone from CSEA wishing to speak? Is
17 there anyone else wishing to speak?
18 Thank you for participation in the
19 debate. The public hearing on terms and
20 conditions for the 2015 CSEA contract is
21 to be closed.
22 At this point, having heard from the
23 parties of the three public hearings, I
24 move that this body be adjourned.
25 Please note a special session
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2 scheduled for tomorrow, February 11th,
3 at 1:00 p.m. here in the Legislative
4 Chambers. Among the other things is
5 that the County Legislature is making
6 clear our actions on the terms and
7 conditions of employment with the CSEA
8 for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015.
9 Meeting of the Ways and Means
10 Committee is scheduled to be held.
11 This hearing is now closed.
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13 C E R T I F I C A T E
14 This is to certify that I am a Certified
15 Shorthand Reporter and Notary Public in and
16 for the State of New York, that I attended and
17 reported the above entitled proceedings, that I
18 have compared the foregoing with my original
19 minutes taken therein and that it is a true
20 and correct transcript thereof and all of the
21 proceedings had therein.
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23 John F. Drury, CSR
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25 Dated: February 17, 2016