LABOR CONTRACT
Motion/Request:
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MOTION to reject the Agreement between the Ledyard Board of Education and the Ledyard Administrators' Association, Ledyard, Connecticut for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027; in accordance with CGS 10-153d(b).
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Background:
January 22, 2024: In a January 22, 2024 letter (Received: 1/29/2024) the Board of Education notified the Town Council that they had approved the Ledyard Administrator Association (LAA) Contract for the period of July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027 on December 19, 2023. (Please see attached letter).
January 25, 2024: The Board of Education placed on-file in the Town Clerk's Office the Ledyard Administrator Association (LAA) Contract for the period of July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027.
In accordance CGS 10-153d former Town Council Chairman Dombrowski was notified thirty days prior to the date that the Board of Education was to commence its negotiations. (by cell phone text message).
Also, per CGS 10-153d(b): Upon receipt of a signed copy of such contract the clerk of such town shall give public notice of such filing. The terms of such contract shall be binding on the legislative body of the local or regional school district, unless such body rejects such contract at a regular or special meeting called and convened for such purpose within thirty days of the filing of the contract.
Per the State Statute, the Town Council as the Appropriations Body of the Town Only has the authority to Reject the Contract.
It has been the Town Council's practice to go on record regarding Board of Education Contracts.
In accordance with CGS the following is provided for clarification with regard to how the Motion is worded:
(1) To Reject the contract the Town Council would vote "YES";
(2) To Approve the contract the Town Council would vote "NO"; (Not to Reject)
(3) If the Town Council does not act at all that the contract would automatically be approved and go into effect within thirty days of the fi...
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