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City Services & Innovation Technology Hearing - Dockets #1516-1519, collective bargaining SEIU
A
A
A
A
B
B
Calling
this
hearing
to
order
for
the
record,
my
name
is
Kenzie
Bach
I'm,
the
district
8
City
councilor,
and
also
the
chair
of
the
Boston
City
council's
committee
on
city
services
and
innovation
technology.
This
hearing
is
being
recorded,
it's
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov,
city-council,
TV
and
broadcast
on
Xfinity
channel
8,
RCN,
channel
82
and
FiOS
channel
964.
B
B
But
before
we
do
that
and
read
these
dockets.
So
today's
hearing
is
on
docket
1516
message
in
order
for
your
approval,
in
order
to
reduce
the
FY
23
appropriation
for
the
reserve
for
collective
bargaining
by
2
million
72
216
dollars
to
provide
funding
for
various
departments
for
the
FY
23
increases
contained
within
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
between
the
city
of
Boston
and
SEIU,
Local,
888
Citywide,
then
docket
1517
message
in
order
for
a
supplemental
appropriation
order
for
various
departments
for
FY
23
in
the
amount
of
2
million.
B
B
B
I
I
usually
explain
this
at
the
start
of
these
hearings
for
every
contract
that
the
city
settles
with
its
workers.
There
are
two
dockets:
one
of
them
takes
money
out
of
the
reserve
where
we
set
aside
money
for
these
kinds
of
contracts.
That
would
be
settled
after
the
passage
of
the
budget
and
then
the
other
docket
actually
applies
those
funds
to
the
relevant
department.
B
So
that's
why
we
sort
of
repeat
ourselves
in
this
process
and
and
specifically
the
Appropriations
that
the
council
is
asked
to
consider
are
the
ones
that
cover
the
sort
of
back
pay
based
on
increases
to
people
that
have
occurred
in
the
fiscal
year,
we're
in
now
in
any
prior
fiscal
years.
Any
cost
of
the
contract
that
is
for
future
fiscal
years,
will
be
included
in
those
future
years
budgets.
So,
with
that
explanation,
I'll
turn
things
over
to
Jim
Williamson
again,
our
budget
director.
C
Thank
you,
Council
Bach
council
president
Flynn
Council
Murphy
for
meeting
with
us
today
to
provide
information
about
the
seimu
Union
contract
and
its
impact
in
the
city's
budget.
My
name
is
Jim
Williamson
I'm,
the
budget
director
here
at
the
city
of
Boston
and
I'm
here
to
address
the
four
appropriation
orders
before
you
and
I'm
here
with
Renee
cushy
from
the
Labor
Relations
Department,
to
ask
any
detailed
questions
about
the
contract
itself.
C
So,
as
you
just
summarize,
docket
one
five
one
seven
increases
the
FY
23
Appropriations
for
approximately
24
City
departments
for
a
put
2.7
put
2.07
million
dollars
and
docket
one
five.
One
nine
increases
the
FY
23
appropriation
for
the
mayor's
office
of
housing
by
about
360
thousand
dollars
in
dark.
It's
one,
five,
one
six
and
one
five
one:
eight
individually
reduced
the
collective
bargaining
reserves
by
those
same
amounts
in
those
months.
Those
funds
were
budgeted
for
that
purpose.
C
C
They
include
unions
like
the
municipal
security
officers,
the
teamsters
of
property
management,
the
Boston
Public
School
drivers,
working
at
Trends,
Dev,
the
large
BTU
contract
for
the
teachers
and,
most
recently,
the
IBEW
contract
that
you
passed
at
the
last
meeting
with
this
reduction
of
2.4
million
dollars
with
for
both
SEIU
city-wide
and
SEIU
housing.
The
new
balance
of
the
FY
23
Reserve
will
be
about
40
40.2
million
dollars
and
with
that,
I
will
turn
it
over
to
Renee.
D
Good
afternoon
I'm
Renee
bushy,
the
director
of
Labor
of
director
of
Labor
Relations.
Thank
you
all
for
coming.
These
are
two
contracts
that
obviously
they've
been
expired.
Since
these
workers
haven't
had
a
raise
since
October
of
well
I
guess
their
raise
was
actually
in
January
of
2020..
D
We
were,
we
had
several
rounds
of
negotiations
there
at
this
point,
there's
been
a
pattern
set
by
the
city
for
the
wages,
there's
also
a
reopener
clause
and
one
of
the
contracts
you
know
the
view
of
my
office
is
this
is
a
this
is
a
catch-up
contract.
We
had
a
lot
of
I
think
almost
all
the
contracts
were
expired
when
I
came
into
the
office,
and
this
will
basically
almost
be
done
by
the
time
this
contract
goes
through.
D
So
the
incentive
on
part
of
the
city
and
the
workers
I
think,
is
to
get
this
done
and
especially
with
the
Citywide,
we
agreed
to
be
back
at
the
table
like
early
next
year.
Talking
more
subsequently
about
changing
the
terms.
The
terms
are
generally,
you
know
the
pattern
wages.
The
one
thousand
dollar
bonus.
D
There's
the
MBTA
pass
that
the
mayor
is
offering
all
employees
that
that
increases
the
benefits,
almost
in
every
case
for
an
MBTA
or
public
transportation
and
a
few
other
language
items,
including
Juneteenth,
and
updating
their
non-discrimination
policy,
so
I
mean
I.
Think
the
best
thing
I
feel
like
the
city
can
do
for
these
employees
at
this
point
is
to
quickly
get
these
through
and
to
get
them
their
raises
by
the
end
of
the
year.
So
I
would
ask
for
your
consideration
on
that.
Thank.
B
You
thank
you
so
much
Renee
and
absolutely
I
mean
the
reason
we're
having
this
hearing
just
a
few
days
before
the
end
of
the
council
session
is
that,
even
though
this
was
just
sort
of
resolved
in
the
last
few
days,
we
feel
I
certainly
feel
as
the
chair
very
strongly
that
these
workers
I
mean
it's
almost
five
percent
of
the
city
Workforce,
and
it
would
mean
a
lot
to
to
get
them
that
that
hard-earned
money
before
the
end
of
the
calendar
year,
so
we'd
love
to
enable
that
I'm
going
to
go
to
my
colleagues
for
questions.
C
E
D
I,
probably,
would
have
to
say,
I
agree
with
you.
You
know
like
when
I
came
into
this
position.
I
guess
this
was
a
pattern
that
was
set
also
including
a
reopener
for
other
contracts
that
they
would
be
reopened
if
we
went
beyond
this
pattern,
so
I
feel
we're
kind
of
we're
just
kind
of
stuck
in
this.
D
This
pattern-
and
this
is
one
of
the
might
have
one
one
other
non-sworn
contract-
that's
not
settled
yet,
but
this
is
like
the
last
remainder
of
that
previous
pattern
that
was
set
so
and
I
feel
like
we're
kind
of
we
kind
of
already
gone
down
this
road
with
the
pattern
in
the
reopener
and
getting
this
through
is
the
way
to
move
on
to
the
next
to
the
next
round
of
negotiations.
E
C
Yeah,
that's
that's.
What
was
the
pattern
that
was
approved.
C
Well,
I
think
that's
what
the
budget
was
based
on,
but
certainly
you
know
going
forward.
There's
open
opportunities
to
think
about
what
the
pattern
should
be.
E
Madam,
chair
I'm,
disappointed
I'm
disappointed
with
sitting
here
in
where
we're
giving
we're
going
to
vote
on
a
package
that
increases
the
pay
of
union
workers.
Two
percent
one
point:
five
percent:
two
percent
I'm
gonna
vote
for
it;
I'm
gonna
support
it,
but
I'm
embarrassed
about
it.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
B
Because
I
think
like
this,
these
contracts
are
at
least
one
of
them.
Is
you
know
it
expires.
This
coming
June,
so
I
think
like
I,
understand
the
fact
that,
from
the
administration's
perspective,
like
there's
only
so
much
that
we
can
add
things
to
the
budget
retroactively
because
we
budgeted
what
we
did,
but
obviously
I
think
councilor
Flynn's
expressing
the
view
of
the
council
that
we
don't
want.
We,
you
know
in
a
in
a
really
difficult
time
for
cost
of
living
increases,
as
you
guys
turn
to
that
next
round
of
contracts.
B
A
Thank
you,
chair,
I'm,
going
to
Echo
what
my
council,
president
said
and
I
do
appreciate,
because
I've
been
at
each
one
of
these
hearings
also
along
with
the
chair
and
council
president
Flynn,
and
he
always
does.
A
Voice
his
disappointment,
which
I
agree
with
and
you're
saying
that
it's
a
pattern,
but
why
did
we
put
ourselves
in
that
pattern
and
we
can
break
that
pattern?
I
mean
that's.
Why
we're
sitting
here
and
I
did
hear
at
the
last
one.
While
it
will
open
up
others?
Why
wouldn't
we
want
to
open
up
other
contracts
and
make
sure
we're
giving
them?
You
know
when
our
this
Council
many
of
my
colleagues
voted
for
a
considerable
raise
for
themselves
and
in
other
contracts.
A
I
know
that
it
was
called
a
sweetheart
deal
from
across
the
hall,
the
teachers
union
contract,
which
doesn't
have
a
city
residence
requirement
and
just
walking
into
work.
This
morning,
one
of
our
city
employees
asked
if
I
had
a
minute
and
was
asking
me
if
there
was
housing
options
for
city
employees,
because
he
no
longer
can
keep
his
job
working
here
in
city
hall,
with
the
cost
of
living
and
his
rent
is
so
high.
So
he
was
wondering
if
there
is
any.
A
You
know
rent
relief
for
city
employees
who
are
forced
to
stay
in
the
city
at
these
low
increases,
and
it
seems,
like
we've,
put
all
these
Union
in
a
gotcha
like
just
say
yes,
but
who's
to
say
at
the
next
round,
we'll
give
them
any
more
like.
Are
we
guaranteeing
and
it
came
up
at
a
hearing?
A
couple
weeks
ago
we
came
up
at
the
hearing
about
the
Police
contract
that
we
had,
and
it
was
mentioned
that
all
of
the
contracts
needed
to
be
renewed.
A
When
the
mayor
was
sworn
in
and
that's
common.
We
know
that
as
a
teacher
for
24
years,
most
of
my
contracts
were
always
retro
pay.
I
was
always
working
on
an
old
contract
waiting
for
a
new
one
to
be
approved,
so
I
do
wish
that
we
broke
this
pattern.
A
We
are
in
we're
heading
into
a
scary,
recession,
time,
but
we're
not
in
one
yet,
and
the
city
is
in
a
space
to
respect
their
city
workers
and-
and
is
this
coming
down
from
like
who
started
this
pattern
would
be
my
direct
question.
C
A
And
are
we
considering
I
mean
council?
President
Flynn
mentioned
the
cost
of
living,
which
I
know
includes
rent,
but
are
we
considering
housing
options
and
not
just
I
know?
The
chair
is
on
the
housing
committee
or
what
do
we
call
it?
The
residency
commission
and
I
mean
it
breaks
my
heart
when
we're
approving
that
residency
no
longer
has
to
be
a
requirement,
because
we
can't
expect
people
to
afford
it.
A
Instead
of
paying
people
enough
money
to
stay
and
get
quality,
Boston
residents
to
take
these
jobs
where
waiving
residency
requirements
and
continuing
to
not
pay
enough,
so
I
think
that's
counter-intuitive
to
what
I
would
want
to
see
the
city
making
sure
that
city
jobs
are
going
to
city
residents
and
I
noticed
that
bcyf
is
listed
here
as
one
of
the
SEIU
employees
for
this
raise,
and
we
just
had
a
hearing
that
I
sponsored
on
the
facilities
of
our
pools
and
also
the
Staffing.
A
We
know
many
of
our
pools
were
closed
last
summer
due
to
Staffing,
not
just
facility
issues
and
I
know
Mata.
The
commissioner
is
working
hard
with
trying
to
get
a
contract.
I
feel
like
she
has
hit
a
wall
and
thought
it
was
going
in
a
good
way,
but
want
to
make
sure
we're
supporting
her,
because
there's
also
constraints.
So
if
you
could
also
speak
to
the
bcyf,
does
that
include
our
lifeguards.
D
It
does
I
wasn't
going
to
bring
it
up
today
because
it's
not
part
of
the
collective
bargaining
agreement,
but
there
was
a
class
in
compensation
agreement
reached
with
bcyf
over
the
Lifeguard
to
make
them
competitive
compatible
with
other
with
the
state
and
make
sure
that
they
can
meet
the
Staffing
to
keep
the
pools
open.
I
think
both
the
union
and
bcaif
was
were
happy
with
with
that
agreement.
So
it's
some
reclassification
of
the
pay
scales
in
the
Lifeguard
with
for
the
lifeguards.
A
A
Yeah,
so
I
do
know
that
they
feel
like
they're
still
in
a
bad
spot
to
retain.
You
know,
hire
and
retain
lifeguards,
which
is
a
bigger
issue
about
quality
of
life
and
making
sure
our
pools
and
our
it
is
discouraging
I
like
Council
Flynn
I,
guess
you
say
yes,
because
so
they'll
get
something,
but
I
do
believe
that
all
of
these
workers
are
worth
more
and
so
I
don't
know.
D
So
we
hope
to
I
mean
I
hope
that
the
office
of
Labor
Relations
has
sort
of
a
new
strategy
for
the
upcoming,
more
substantive
thought
put
into
how
we're
going
to
do
this
I
mean
I
also
see
like
the
two.
What
had
happened
too?
It
hurts
the
and
I
think
the
administration's
concerned
about
that
two
percent
of
someone
who's
making
thirty
thousand
is
a
lot
less
than
two
percent
of
someone
who's
making
a
hundred
thousand.
So
is
it
fair
across
the
board?
D
So
I
would
like
to
look
more
at
the
lower
paid
sector
of
the
workforce,
and
you
know
think
a
little
more
substantively
how
how
we
can
go
about
that,
especially
with
the
lower
paid
part
of
the
workforce.
Seiu
does
have
a
Housing
Trust
I
haven't
dealt
with
it
a
lot,
but
when
that
person
you
talk
to
made
me
think
of
you
know.
So
there
is
some
assistance
there
I'm,
not
sure
if
it
would
help
them
in
their
case,
but
that
is
something
that
is
available
to
SEIU
members.
D
A
Last
question
have
heard
from
concerned
union
workers
that,
when
they
do
try
to
speak
up
or
talk
to
different
departments
about
advocating
for
more
than
like
you
mentioned,
two
percent
of
18
an
hour
is
not
much
right.
That
there
has
been
somewhat
of
a
threat
that
will
we
could
privatize.
Is
that
something
you've
had
conversations
around
without
any
unions.
D
I
haven't
had
any
conversations
about
privatization
with
any
union
members.
I
mean
we
part
of
this
and
with
one
of
the
things
we
went
through
on
the
city
Side,
just
making
the
conversations
better
I
heard
a
lot
of
different
complaints
from
you
know
the
negotiating
committee,
the
union
members
and
I.
D
We
revitalized
the
there's,
a
joint
Labor
Management
committee
that
really
wasn't
being
utilized
already
in
the
contract,
so
I
contacted
every
department
and
said:
let's,
let's
get
some
of
these
issues
out
in
the
Departments,
with
the
supervisors,
where
they're
supposed
to
be
and
like
develop
some
relationships,
so
I'm
hopeful
that
that
will
help
both
the
employees
and
management
like
develop
a
relationship
and
talk
about
some
of
these
things.
You
know
there
were
other
concerns
and
that's
one
of
the
results
of
those
concerns,
but
privatization,
not
directly
I,
haven't
heard.
A
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
councilor,
Murphy
yeah
I
use
a
couple
of
substantive
questions
on
the
these
contracts
and
then
maybe
a
couple
more
on
what
my
colleagues
were
raising
just
this
language
item
about
the
SEIU
moh
being
recognized
as
a
separate
unit
for
collective
bargaining.
Was
that
true
before
and
just
never
formalized
or
does
that
represent
like
is
this?
Is
it
new
that
they're
negotiating
separately.
B
D
Let's
see
I
think
there
is
the
update,
it's
just
not
it's
not
spelled
out
the
same
way,
but
we
did
include
that
same
language
in
the
moh
as
well.
D
B
Okay
and
then
how
how
is
the
like,
I
I,
you
know
I,
really
think
supporting
our
workers
getting
to
work.
You
know
efficiently
in
ways
that
are
green
and
and
inexpensive
and
stuff
is
critical,
so
glad
to
see
the
updated
language
with
a
higher
subsidy
for
the
MBTA
pass.
B
I
was
sort
of
curious
how
the
the
things
that
have
been
that
the
sort
of
people's
cabinet
have
been
making
available
lately
in
this
space
interact
with
like
contract
Provisions
so
like
I,
know
that
there
was
mention
of
a
kind
of
pilot
of
having
a
cross-section
of
city.
Workers
have
MBTA
passes
that
I
think
are
fully
subsidized
and
then
I
know
also
like
free
blue
bikes
that
are
Subs.
So
how
does
that
work
are
union
members
eligible
for
those
like
did?
B
D
So
if
there's
a
change
in
benefits
offered
to
the
employees,
we
would
notify
the
unions,
not
all
the
contracts
I'm
trying
to
remember
the
top
of
my
head.
Seiu
did
a
couple
other.
The
big
contracts
had
the
MBTA
provision,
so
they
negotiated
over
a
change
to
that.
The
other
unions
were
just
notified
that
this
is
a
you
know,
a
change
in
benefits.
This
is
what
we'd
like
to
provide
if
you'd
like
to
discuss
any
of
the
effects
with
this-
and
you
know,
they're
invited
to
meet
with
us
about
it.
D
Most
of
them
were
happy
to
just
accept
the
benefit.
A
couple
unions
had
questions
about
it,
but
most
most
of
the
unions
were
said:
okay,
great
increase
or
a
new
benefit.
B
And
then
I
was
wondering
on
behalf
of
the
committee.
If
we
could
get
a
list
of
like
all
the
bargaining
units
for
the
city
and
what
the
expiration
date
of
all
the
ones
under
contract
are
and
then
all
the
units
that
are
still
out
of
contract
I
think
you
alluded
to
the
fact
that
besides
fire
and
police,
there's,
maybe
only
one
or
two
civilians
that
are
not
if
this
is
approved
by
the
Council
on
Wednesday
that
are
still
out
of
contract
right.
B
B
It's
fair
to
acknowledge
that
I
think
it
was
set
in
that
moment
of
covid
economic
crisis
by
a
prior
Administration,
and
so
the
sense
was
I
mean
there
was
a
point
right
where
the
city
was
contemplating
a
zero
zero
zero
pattern,
because
things
had
gotten
so
dire
economically
and
obviously
it
didn't
land
there.
But,
like
I,
understand
the
particular
moment
we
were
in
when
that
got
set.
B
My
interest
is
that
we
really
move
to
a
model
where
we're
both
you
know,
I
would
hope,
able
to
give
city
workers
greater
increases,
especially
in
the
sort
of
economic
situation
Boston's
in
right
now
to
council
Murphy's
point,
but
but
pair
that,
with
kind
of
like
more
substantive
reforms,
I
think
there's
like
a
weird
mismatch
for
the
council,
in
that
we
often
talk
to
departments
about
like
things
where
there
could
really
be
operational
improvements.
B
B
And
it
makes
sense
to
me
because,
like
why
would
you
give
up
anything
if
you
kind
of
know
what
you're
getting
from
the
beginning?
Because
every
you
know
you're
two-thirds
of
the
way
in
and
everyone
else
has
gotten
the
pattern,
and
you
know
so
to
me,
like
really
kind
of
tying
increases
to
some
of
those
kind
of
Common.
Sense
reforms
that
we've
been
seeking
in
departments
is,
would
really
be
the
direction.
B
I
would
hope
that
we
would
go
and
and
I
think
that
doing
that
you
know,
hopefully
would
also
you
know
in
in
the
spirit
of
genuine
kind
of
partnership
with
our
you
know,
with
our
unions
of
kind
of
like
hey,
we
want
the
department
to
work
better.
We
want
your
members
to
be
more
satisfied.
How
are
we
kind
of
mutually
getting
there
together
might
feel.
D
I'm
with
you,
100
I'm,
with
you,
100
I
mean
this
when
you're
just
giving
a
pattern
and
you're
not
asking
for
anything.
It's
it's
not
a.
You
know
a
great
procedure,
especially
with
the
SEIU
Citywide.
It's
so
many
different
departments,
but
we're
getting
stepped
up
in
olr
and
I
want
to
have
attorneys
reaching
out
to
every
department
and
I
need
need
more
input
from
the
managers
of
those
departments
to
say
what's
working,
what's
not
working,
let's
look
at
what
we
can
do
in
your
contract.
D
B
And
I,
think
and
and
I
think
the
council
would
love
to
have
that
list
of
kind
of
where
everything
is
just
because
I
think
we
really
would
love
to
see.
You
guys
start
like
start
off
on
that
foot
in
the
in
the
next
round,
and
it
seems
like
some
of
them
are
going
to
be
pretty
instantly
up
and.
D
B
Know
you
still
have
our
sworn
contracts
to
work
on,
but
certainly
when
we
did
the
analysis.
Last
year
we
saw
just
a
enormous
Delta
over
time
between
our
civilian
and
sworn
personnel
in
the
city,
not
just
in
the
sense
of
the
Swarm
Personnel
making
more
than
the
civilian
Personnel,
but
that
the
amount
more
that
they
are
making
has
increased
like
dramatically
over
the
last
30
years
and
I.
Think
I
think
a
lot
of
that
has
to
do
with
percentages
and
sort
of
like
the
cumulative
effect
of
compounding
percentage
increases.
B
So
it
would
be
interesting
to
think
about
what
are
the
like.
What
are
other
mechanisms
that
sort
of
feel
fair,
but
don't
have
that
kind
of
unintended
consequence,
okay
and
and
the
the
common
class
agreement.
The
reclassification
you
mentioned
with
bcyf
vis-a-vis,
the
lifeguards
is
that
something
that
also
has
to
get
ratified
or
educate
me
on
the
process
on
something
like
that.
D
That
was
a
settlement,
so
it
won't
be
ratified
by
the
union
or
go
through
city
council.
Okay
got.
B
It
and
then
just
another
note
on
the
housing
thing.
I
do
think
that
you
know
it
it
I
will
I
mean
really
echoing
councilor,
Murphy
and
wearing
both
my
counselor
hat
and
my
residency
commission
hat
I.
B
It's
kind
of
it's,
this
sort
of
a
weird
flip,
where
you
know
at
the
time
that
it
was
instituted.
I,
think
you
know
the
concern
was
about
Boston
being
kind
of
you
know,
you
don't
want
a
City
where
everybody
who's
like
running
the
city
all
lives
outside
of
it
and
they're
it's
sort
of
not
it
breaks
that
sense
of
governing,
like
for
the
People
by
the
people,
and
so
there
was
this
concern
about.
B
Oh
people,
you
know
living
out
in
the
wealthier
suburbs
and
coming
in
and
and
running
the
city
now
I
think
we're
in
this,
like
flip
Dynamic,
where,
if
you
lost
residency,
a
lot
of
the
lower
income
folks,
lower
income
earners
in
the
city
would
be
pushed
to
the
same
place
that
people
make
the
same
amount
of
money
in
the
mar
which
are
increasingly
suburbs.
You
know
that
are
less
wealthy
around
the
city
of
Boston,
less
expensive
and
I.
B
Don't
think
that
would
be
good
for
the
city
either,
but
it
really
kind
of
feels
like
we've.
We've
got
our
lower
income
workers
between
a
rock
and
a
hard
place.
So
one
thing
I
think,
is
that
it
would
be
good
for
your
department
to
really
collate
those
housing
support
opportunities,
because
it
is
really
varied,
which
of
the
unions
has
a
Housing
Trust
and
what
their
opportunities
are
for
their
members
and
I
think
the
council
would
love
to
better
understand
like
who
has
those
types
of
supports
and
who
doesn't
to
council
Murphy's
point.
B
It
would
help
us
to
be
able
to
direct
people
to
them.
I
also
know
that
we
did
actually
put
some
money,
an
arpa
allocation
in
for
Chief
Lawrence's
cabinet,
to
do
something
experimental
with
like
emergency
housing
support
to
city
workers.
B
We
knew
it
wasn't
going
to
be
enough
money
to
help
everybody
and
so
sort
of
you
know
I
think
still
TBD
exactly
how
that
gets
used
in
a
pilot
form,
but
it
is
there
and
I
know
that
I
know
that
Chief
Lawrence
was
interested
in
using
it
to
kind
of
like
address
the
most
acute
situations
on
a
housing
front
in
our
employee
base,
and
so
just
wanted
a
flag
that
that
is
something
that
went
in,
but
I
think
it
would
be.
B
I
think
it
would
be
good
as
we
continue
to
support
residency
requirements
for
the
office
of
Labor
Relations
to
really
kind
of
like
take
the
bull
by
the
horns,
a
little
bit
in
terms
of
this
housing
conundrum
and
try
to
think
about.
What's
our
like.
Do
we
have
a
sort
of
policy
view
on
this
like?
Yes,
we
would
like
to
get
to
a
place.
B
We
obviously
did
in
the
prior
Administration
that
executive
order
about
kind
of
like
a
minimum,
that
we
wanted
to
see
our
like
anybody
on
a
contract
with
the
city,
doing
janitorial
work
or
whatever
making
right
that
was
sort
of
a
statement
of
like
yeah.
We
don't
really
think
it's
reasonable
people
are
making
less
than
this
it'd
be
interesting
to
me
to
think
about.
B
Could
we
get
somewhere
like
if
you're
working,
full-time
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
you're
subject
to
a
residency
requirement?
We
think
that
you
should
be
making
at
least
this
much
or
you
should
have
access
to
this
kind
of
benefit
or
I
don't
know,
but
just
because
yeah
it
just
feels
contradictory.
What
we
put
our
workers
through
sometimes
yeah
I,
think
those
were
all
of
my
questions
and
comments.
I'll
just
check
if
my
colleagues
had
anything
else,
they
wanted
to
say
counselor
Flynn,.
E
C
I
think
it
was
a
similar
contract
period,
so
there'll
probably
be
okay.
It's.
E
My
understanding,
that's
the
the
most
diverse
City
Union
City
employee
union
in
the
city,
in
terms
of
the
the
diversity
of
of
the
workforce.
I
know
I,
know
that
Union
I
know
the
workers
do
a
tremendous
job,
very
professional,
hard-working
dedicated,
there's,
not
a
there's,
not
a
more
diverse
Union
in
the
city
of
Boston
I
I
have
no
further
questions.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank.
B
You
counselor
Flynn
councilor
Murphy,
no
question
great.
Thank
you
yeah
and
I'll.
Just
say
like
thank
you
to
you
guys.
I
mean
it
really
is
tremendous
that,
with
these,
this
is
870
more
workers,
like
I,
said
about
five
percent
of
the
city's
Workforce
four
to
five
percent.
Just
that
a
really
substantial
portion
of
the
city
Workforce
is
now
under
contract.
B
Having
a
year
ago,
none
of
them
been
under
contract,
so
I
mean
it's
still,
obviously
a
pain
point
for
those
who
are
not
under
contract
and,
like
we
just
said
the
you're
about
to
start
pushing
the
rock
up
the
hill
again,
but
I
think
it
makes
a
big
difference
to
get
as
many
workers
as
possible
under
contract.
So
really
appreciate
that
and
I
also
want
to
thank
the
workers.
I
mean
these.
B
The
SEIU
Citywide
folks,
as
you
said,
are
across
you
know,
more
than
20
departments
and
they're
doing
like
just
about
everything
anybody
does
in
our
city
and
we're
really
grateful
to
them
for
just
that,
like
that
incredible
work,
and
especially
work
under
a
lot
of
pressure
in
the
covid-19
period,
And
so
I'm
glad
that,
for
all
the
limitations
of
the
pattern
I'm
glad
to
see
it
include
this
thousand
dollar
kind
of
one-time
bonus
for
folks,
just
in
recognition
of
some
small
recompense
for
everything
that
everybody's
gone
through
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
Boston
over
the
last
few
years,
so
really
grateful
for
them
and
their
work
and
definitely
I'll,
be
recommending
on
Wednesday
that
this
pass
and
and
would
appreciate,
Jim
anything.
B
You
can
do
to
make
sure
that
those
those
checks
actually
go
out
to
people
ASAP
after
after
we
approve
it,
we'd
love
to
get
that
money
into
everybody's
pockets.
B
So
I
think
any
final
comments
from
you
all
great
all
right
and
any
public
testimony.
Let
me
just
check
no,
no
public
testimony
all
right,
then,
with
that
this
hearing
of
the
Boston
City
councils
committee
on
city
services
and
innovation
technology
is
adjourned.
Thank
you.