HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 09-24 Maplewood's budget may face bind because of labor dispute DISPATCH IV Up1ewood's budget mayfacebind because '. -
of labordispute
A Iabor
dispute could and the city have gone to H
mentput Maplewood govern- arbitration. e urged administra will have to fall. Some'
ment in a bind, "Itors and the council to
Councilmann budgetudm Ander- would krept hoping this take whatever action is grams
and some pro-
son warned at a city conn- derson stated. "But now necessary- oneo bring about a grams willdisappear." •
cil meeting last Thursday. we are in a position where contract settlement, say-
He pointed out that the we'll be in trouble." ing that he was becoming
council has a budget hear- Mayor Robert Bruton more sympathetic to la
ing next month. said the arbitration could bor'spomtofview.
But the city still lacks last two or three months m'd ne dery I upset," I
knowledge a b o u t some or longer, well beyond the had to commented. "Ifn I knew I
costs because of no con- time that the city council or-poss-possibly yearn for a
tract with
t r a employes,t settlements
he must adopt a budget. raise. I can't see why we
One group, "If we are in financial are moving so slow. I
2725 of the labor group, Locall trouble now, I wonder how should have fought harder
2725ion of Americante, n Fed- we are ever going to fore- for this before. It just
and Municipal Employes,l cast what we'll do next doesn't seem right."
year, Anderson said. Finance Director Don
Ashworth said the admin-
istrative staff will attempt
to reflect in the budget
proposal "reasonable sal-
aries in line with other
communities."
"If the results exceed
those (estimates),".Coun-
cilman Don Wiegert inter-
jected, "something else