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Putnam County ratifies five-year CSEA contract; legislature approves $1.55 million transfer to fund raises
Summary
The Putnam County Legislature ratified a five-year agreement with the Civil Service Employees Association covering about 340–350 employees and approved a $1,550,803 budget transfer from contingency to fund 2024 retro pay and 2025 salary and benefit costs.
Putnam County legislators ratified a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and approved a budget transfer of $1,550,803 from contingency to cover retroactive and 2025 salary and benefit costs.
Personnel Director Mister Eldridge told the Personnel Committee the CSEA unit, the county’s largest bargaining unit, covers approximately 340 to 350 employees and that negotiations began in the fall of 2023. He described a memorandum of agreement that runs retroactively to Jan. 1, 2024, through the end of 2028 and outlined increases and operational changes negotiated with…
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