208-22 AFSCME Agreement.pdf

208-22 August 9, 2022 RESOLUTION APPROVING MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN AFSCME NEW JERSEY COUNCIL 63, LOCAL 3476 AND THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange (“Township”) and AFSCME New Jersey Council 63, Local 3476 (“AFSCME”), have an existing Collective Bargaining Agreement; and WHEREAS, the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement expires on December 31, 2022; and WHEREAS, the Township and AFSCME have negotiated in good faith; and WHEREAS, on or about July 29, 2022, the Township and AFSCME entered into a Memorandum of Agreement containing the terms for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023; and WHEREAS, John O. Gross, Business Administrator, executed the Memorandum of Agreement subject to the Township Council’s consideration and approval; and WHEREAS, upon formal approval, it is anticipated that a formal Collective Bargaining Agreement will be drafted and executed between the parties; NOW, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, that the Memorandum of Agreement dated July 29, 2022 between AFSCME New Jersey Council 63, Local 3476, and the Township of West Orange, annexed hereto as Exhibit “A,” be and is hereby approved, and be it further RESOLVED, that the Township Clerk shall make available during normal business hours the annexed Memorandum of Agreement subject to the terms and conditions as set forth in a formal agreement. Karen J. Carnevale, R.M.C. Susan McCartney Municipal Clerk Council President Adopted: August 9, 2022