HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 04-11 Maplewood Council Will Not Intervene in Negotiations DISPATCH Thurs., Apr..11,'74 • ST. PAUL DISPATCH • (E) 5
Maplewood Council Will Not
Intervene in Negotiations
Councilman John city council meeting last can perform anything by
•Greavu has failed to per- week. getting into the negotia-
suade Maplewood's City .... .. But the council voted tion process."
Council to personally in it down 3-'3.
tervene in contract ne mould ould be the Councilman Burt Mur-
dock with recently dock expressed similar
unionized clerical and most unfortunate thing views, stating: "I sure
technical employes. that could h a p p e n," can't start in the middle
Councilman Don Wie- of a ball game. I don't
Negotiations, with City gert said of Greavu's think it's the right time
Manager Michael Miller proposal. for us to jump in."
representing the council, ."
are presently in media- "First of all," he ex- Meanwhile. Manager
tion. GREAVU plained, "we have desig- eller said he can obtain
"The council should nated our negotiator and a settlement "if v o u
take over and get this and get this damn thing he has operated within want to accept an aver-
thing out of our hair," over with." the limits we gave him." age 30 to 32 per cent sal-
Greavu insisted. Greavu. with support "We told Miller how ary increase and their
"We'll make the final from Councilman Norm far he could go." Greavu (the union's) contract
decision a n y w a y," he Anderson. introduced a responded. "and he went language."
added. "So let's sit down motion to that effect at a that far." "I'll go down tomor-
N o w. he suggested. row." he said. "and we'll
"progress" can be made have a settlement at
only if the council steps that." `
in and conducts negotia- But he said he cannot
tions. personally recommend
"I already have that to the council or the
enough to do." Wiegert taxpayers or anybody.
insisted. The council also
He also referred to ad- should expect lengthy
vice from City.Attorney negotiations, he report-
Don Lais for the council ed. because this is "the
to "stay out," especially first time around."
under the present Plan "There's a lot of little
B or city manager form stuff we have to watch
of government. for," he warned. "It'll
"It's an awful lot of, save you money in the
grief." Wiegert said of future if you get those
negotiations. "I t 's a things in there right.
heck of a lot better han- Now we have to argue
died by one person than every word in the con-
several. I don't see that I tract."