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Carmel council approves new police and fire contracts, adds FOP members to insurance advisory committee
Summary
The council amended and approved a police contract and added a firefighter contract to the agenda, approving both unanimously; the police contract amendment creates an insurance advisory committee including two FOP representatives.
The Carmel Common Council on Feb. 17 approved updates to the city’s agreements with its police and fire bargaining units aimed at improving recruitment, retention and pay parity.
Councilors amended and approved Resolution CC-02032508, which addresses the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) wage-and-benefits agreement, and separately introduced and approved a contract with the Carmel Professional Firefighters Association covering Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2026. Both measures passed by voice vote, 9-0.
The mayor’s office told councilors the two contracts share four objectives: provide competitive pay and benefits, improve recruitment and retention, remove disincentives to promotion in pay matrices, and untie sworn pay from civilian step-and-grade systems. City leaders said the changes emphasize higher pay tiers for master patrol and master firefighter levels and…
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