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County approves multiple labor agreements, including deputies, secondary roads and detention officers
Summary
The board approved wage reopeners and multi-year contracts across several bargaining units: a 3.25% wage reopener for sheriff deputies, a 3.25% increase for AFSCME secondary roads (three-year contract), a 5.5% deal for Teamsters detention officers, and updated terms for the communications center including a flat $200 uniform allowance.
The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors approved several labor agreements and wage adjustments covering deputies, secondary roads employees, detention officers and communications center staff.
Human Resources Director Jenna Limerick briefed the board on the contracts. For the Cobb County (sic) Sheriff’s Deputy Association wage reopener covering July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the county agreed to a 3.25% pay increase plus a step increase; corporals receive an additional $1 per hour. “This is our last year with the wage reopener for the deputies,” Limerick said.
The board approved a first-year contract with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 2364 for secondary roads employees covering July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, with a 3.25% total pay increase and wage reopeners in years two and three. The board also approved an agreement with General Drivers, Helpers Local 554 (Teamsters) covering detention officers that includes a 5.5% pay increase plus a step and wage reopeners in subsequent years. For communications center employees, the board approved a contract change that replaces a variable uniform allotment with a flat $200 payment annually.
Nut graf: The board’s action implements across-the-board pay increases in multiple bargaining units and completes ratification steps for contracts that county staff said had been reviewed and ratified by union representatives.
Each contract passed on voice vote or roll call, and staff said the unions had ratified the agreements. The agreements include language changes in some contracts that staff said do not affect overall cost but clarify procedures (for example, shift bid timing for detention officers) and codify an existing 12-hour shift practice in one agreement.
Ending: The board recorded approvals and staff said the county would finalize and post the executed contracts.
