Brook Park council approves Teamsters contract for last year
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
Posted Feb 05, 2021
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BROOK PARK, Ohio City Council at its Feb. 2 meeting authorized Mayor Mike Gammella to enter into a one-year contract with Teamsters Local 436. The contract covers Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 of last year.
The second and third public readings of the Teamsters legislation were suspended, and council passed it as an emergency measure.
Meetings with the Teamsters union will continue this year in hopes of negotiating a two-year deal for 2021-22. Local 436 represents Brook Park’s clerical/office (non-safety forces, non-service department) personnel.
There are neither salary increases nor bonuses in the new contract.
Brook Park approves three-year police union contracts
Updated Dec 27, 2020;
Posted Dec 27, 2020
Police unions in Brook Park will work under a three-year contract that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2021.
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BROOK PARK, Ohio – After a long process during an unusual year, three-year union contracts for Brook Park Police Department patrol officers, sergeants, and lieutenants have been approved.
City Council approved the contract with Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 15 patrol officers on Dec. 22, and the Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association contract for police sergeants and lieutenants on Dec. 23. The contracts will be in effect Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2023.
Council members approved one-year contracts in March 2019. At that time, Mayor Mike Gammella cited the need “to increase revenues without raising taxes … and to see where we’re at in a year.”
Brook Park opposes proposed state repeal of income tax collection emergency provision
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
Brook Park officials oppose an attempt by Ohio legislators to repeal a provision that currently enables municipalities to collect income taxes from employees working for Brook Park-based companies, even if they are working from home in other cities due to the pandemic.
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BROOK PARK, Ohio Brook Park does not support an attempt to repeal an Ohio emergency provision instituted during the pandemic that allows cities to continue withholding income tax from people working in companies based in their communities, even if they are working from home elsewhere.