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The Jamestown City Council approved a retroactive contract agreement with the Jamestown Professional Firefighters Association Local 137 for 2018, 2019 and 2020 during its regular monthly voting session Monday.
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“It’s deja vu all over again,” is one of Yogi Berra’s most memorable “Yogi-isms” and could be used to describe the latest union contract agreement by the city of Jamestown.
On Monday during the regular voting session meeting, the Jamestown City Council approved a three year agreement 2018, 2019 and 2020 with the Jamestown Professional Firefighters Association Local 137. The reasons the contract agreement seems like deja vu the feeling that one has lived through the present situation before is because just last month the city reached a similar deal with the Kendall Club Police Benevolent Association.
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dphillips@post-journal.com Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist will present his second State of the City address Monday, which will be posted on the cityâs website â www.jamestownny.gov/live â and on social media.
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Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist will present his second State of the City address Monday, which will be posted on the cityâs website â www.jamestownny.gov/live â and on social media.
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During Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist’s swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 1, 2020, the first time mayor said, “Now more than ever, we need to get creative to grow and expand our city.”
Sundquist, at the time, didn’t know how creative he was going to need to be during his first year in office. However, because of COVID-19, Sundquist had to get creative on a daily basis, adapting to the changes brought on by the global pandemic.
/ City Will Have to Pay Estimated $800,000 in Back Wages After State High Court Denies Arbitration Motion
City Will Have to Pay Estimated $800,000 in Back Wages After State High Court Denies Arbitration Motion
JAMESTOWN – The ongoing legal battle involving an arbitration ruling between the city of Jamestown and its police union appears to finally be over. As a result, the city will have to pay union members over $800,000 in back wages.
This week the
New York State Court of Appealsdenied a motion by the city to appeal a lower court’s ruling involving a 2018 arbitration ruling, in which an arbitration panel ruled the city must give the