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File #: 2025-1622    Version: 1
Type: Mayor Order Status: Passed
File created: 9/5/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/10/2025 Final action: 9/10/2025
Title: Message and order a supplemental appropriation order for the Boston Public Library Department for FY26 in the amount of One Million Two Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Thirty-Three Dollars ($1,285,033.00) to cover the FY26 cost contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Boston and AFSCME, Local 1526. The terms of the contracts are October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. The major provisions of the contracts include base wage increases of 2% to be given in October of each fiscal year of the contract term and flat amounts of $500, $250, $800 and $175 to be added to annual salaries in January of each fiscal year. The agreement also includes the addition of a prepaid legal benefit as well as changes to Sunday overtime for certain positions.
Attachments: 1. 1285033 2

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Message and order a supplemental appropriation order for the Boston Public Library Department for FY26 in the amount of One Million Two Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Thirty-Three Dollars ($1,285,033.00) to cover the FY26 cost contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Boston and AFSCME, Local 1526. The terms of the contracts are October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. The major provisions of the contracts include base wage increases of 2% to be given in October of each fiscal year of the contract term and flat amounts of $500, $250, $800 and $175 to be added to annual salaries in January of each fiscal year. The agreement also includes the addition of a prepaid legal benefit as well as changes to Sunday overtime for certain positions.