UPSEU staff along with UPSEU President Kevin E. Boyle, Jr. attended the November Town Board meeting which was scheduled in order for the Council to vote on the town budget. The meeting was expected to be contentious.
UPSEU Vice President Kim Nowakowski, who resides in the town spoke in favor of the budget, calling it a "necessary tax increase, given the need to maintain the level of services to residents, expand staffing and to replace aging equipment to enable employees to provide critical services to town residents."
With necessary staffing and equipment upgrades at stake, UPSEU strongly supported the budget, given its importance to the membership. "The membership expressed appreciation of Kim's staunch support of the work they do and their importance to the residents," remarked Boyle.
While there was some serious opposition, in the end the Town Council voted 4 to 1 in favor of the budget. UPSEU President Boyle commended the Supervisor and the Council for presenting a budget that provided funding for additional staff and replacement equipment to improve the town's aging fleet.
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