The Skaneateles Village Board of Trustees and local labor union officials have resolved a longstanding dispute over what the union claimed were unfair labor practices, specifically that non-bargaining unit employees were performing work previously done by union workers who were laid off last year.
The village denied the charge and the two sides have been seeking a resolution.
The matter was scheduled for an administrative law hearing on Feb. 2, but at that meeting the village attorney and the attorney for the Civil Service Employees Association, Local 1000, were able to reach a settlement agreement. Under that agreement, the CSEA withdrew its charge in full and both parties declared there was no wrongdoing by the village.
“I am very pleased that this matter has been resolved,” Mayor Marty Hubbard read from a prepared statement at the Feb. 23 village board meeting.
This was the second disagreement over the past year between the village board and the CSEA. A previous change to employee health insurance benefits went to an arbitrator who concluded in November that the village did not violate its labor agreement.
The village board and CSEA still have yet to reach an agreement on a new labor contract to succeed the previous one that expired in May 2011.
“The village remains willing to meet with CSEA to resolve the contract on mutually agreeable terms,” Hubbard said.
Also at the meeting:
—The village board approved a request from St. James’ Episcopal Church to hold lakeside services at 10 a.m. Sundays, beginning June 17 and ending Sept. 2, weather permitting, in Thayer Park.
—The village board verified and approved information concerning the March 20 village elections, approved the candidates’ names and authorized publication of the information in the newspaper.
—The village board approved a request from Red House Arts Center to present the William Shakespeare play “The Tempest” at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 17 in Clift Park.
—The village board authorized the re-hiring of Heather Lolito as a part-time village police officer.
Jason Emerson is editor of the Skaneateles Press. He can be reached at [email protected].
