Saratoga Springs City Council approves union concessions | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Springs City Council on Wednesday approved agreements with the seven labor unions representing city employees that will postpone their negotiated 2021 raises because of the city’s dire financial condition. The agreements, which are expected to save the city $1 million in 2021, were approved 4-1, with Finance Commissioner Michele Madigan voting against each of the agreements. Madigan said the one-year concession of the scheduled 2-percent raises didn’t go far enough in cutting employee costs, and employee pay really needs to be frozen into mid-2022. “Given the uncertainty we are facing, I don’t think as finance commissioner I can agree to this. I represent the taxpayers,” she said. “This is kicking the can down the road,” she said.