City Council Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on Dockets #0501, #0502

Message and order approving a supplemental appropriation for the Library Department for FY19 in the amount of Seven Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Four Dollars ($732,604.00) to cover the FY19 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the Boston Public Library Professional Staff Association (PSA).

Message and order to reduce the FY19 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Seven Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Four Dollars ($732,604.00) to provide funding for the Library Department for the FY19 increases contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the Boston Public Library PSA.

This matter was sponsored by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, and referred to the Committee on March 13, 2019.

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Mail Address:  Docket #0501, 0502, City Council, City Hall, 5^th Floor, Boston MA 02201

Fax Number:  617-635-4203 Attn: Michelle A. Goldberg, Docket #0501, #0502

Committee Email:  CCC.WM@Boston.gov

Staff Email: michelle.a.goldberg@boston.gov   Staff Telephone:  617-635-4645

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