Police, fire contract benefits don’t outweigh negatives, union leaders say
The Gazette requested copies of contracts for police, fire and transit employees--the city's three unionized departments--after criticism of
The police and fire departments will begin new three-year contracts starting in January. The transit system's two-year deal began in January of this year and will expire at the end of 2019.
Much of the language in the latest contracts was unchanged compared to previous deals. Health insurance premium copays and wages saw the most substantial edits, and all three departments had the same plans.
The premium copays for a family plan rose from
The jump from paying
Those wage increases are split into 1 percent increases in both January and
The Gazette was unable to reach city officials for further comment on how the health insurance and wage pieces fit into the overall contract puzzle.
Deputy City Manager
Police and fire union leaders weren't sure about that and said any increases in take-home pay will be negligible. The wage increases were also not sufficiently covering cost-of-living increases, they said.
"The city has to choose where it puts its money. Since (City Manager)
In a previous interview, McCue told The Gazette that
But Hageman and Daskam both said if the city truly cared about public safety, it would hire more firefighters and police officers so the departments' staffing levels better aligned with those in its peer communities.
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