Providence Finance Refuses to Endorse Proposed Firefighter Contract, Council to Review in January
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Providence City Council’s Finance Committee on Monday night refused to endorse the proposed draft firefighter's contract, but did pass it to the full City Council for consideration in January.
The Finance Committee held a public hearing Monday and "finalized the vetting process for the Elorza administration’s precedent-setting five year tentative agreement with the firefighter’s union."
Members of the Finance Committee expressed their dissatisfied with the contract’s terms, and expressed that it had no confidence in the administration’s fiscal note.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe Committee adopted the internal auditor’s fiscal note which then makes adoption of the contract nearly impossible.
"Members cited numerous reasons for their lack of confidence in the contract, including its unprecedented length, the absence of pension reform, the upcoming reintegration of compound COLAs, and exaggerated savings alleged by the administration throughout the vetting process," said the Council in a release.
According to the City Council, "the contract was submitted to the City Council in September without financial reports to support the savings touted by the administration. After multiple requests, the administration submitted two conflicting fiscal notes in November; reviews from the city’s internal auditor revealed the administration miscalculated projected savings in the fiscal notes by more than $7 million and $11 million respectively."
Finance Committee Chairman John Igliozzi also announced tonight that the Finance Committee will conduct mid fiscal year budget reviews beginning in January to analyze department spending against the budget.
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