City Council takes no action on firefighter contract

After six hours or so of testimony and debate, the City Council adjourned tonight a without voting on the proposed contract for firefighters. The council will reconvene tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. to continue testimony, but council President Mike Ross ended the session by saying councilors will vote on the matter "at a later date" (they have until mid-July to approve or deny the contract).

Comments

So?

So, approval at three PM on the Friday before the long Independence Day holiday?

I thought the council had

I thought the council had already decided that it would vote on it next Wednesday.

You could be right

I'm hearing June 9, which is the next meeting of the full council (as opposed to the "committee of the whole" which is, um, the whole council, but in convenient committee size).

The council should decide to

The council should decide to abide by the decision of their hand picked arbitrator.

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