Pinckneyville City Council extends contracts for one year with unions

Stephanie Esters The Southern

5/24/2016

PINCKNEYVILLE — Officials with the city of Pinckneyville extended contracts with its labor unions by one year, with no pay raise, and voted to continue paying into the unions' pension plans.

Council members approved these resolutions for the contracts Monday night at the Pinckneyville City Council meeting.

The one-year extension was with the Laborers' International Union of North America, the Southern and Central Illinois Laborers' District Council and Laborers' Local 773.

The council had also expected Mayor Roy Spencer to talk about a nuisance ordinance that would address condemned houses, tall grass, trash and other items. City Clerk Larry S. West said the ordinance was not finalized and would be presented again at a later date.

West said Spencer, who was not present, was hospitalized, but is doing well.

Council members also approved a resolution allowing the city to issue tax anticipation warrants, which would allow the city to borrow money, if it needed to.

At its last meeting, city council members voted to OK the city borrowing the money, if it needed to, to help with the shortfall created by unpaid bills from the Pinckneyville Correctional center.

West noted that the city had not yet borrowed any money.