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Council approves IAFF and AFSCME agreements and expands bilingual stipend to represented staff

Moses Lake City Council · November 13, 2025
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Summary

Council approved a memorandum of agreement with the IAFF to preserve SAFER grant positions and reorganize duties, approved an AFSCME position change to create a permit coordinator (net zero positions), and expanded the city’s bilingual stipend to represented AFSCME staff with a 2.7% COLA, raising estimated annual stipend costs by about $4,000.

The council approved multiple personnel actions intended to stabilize staffing and improve customer service.

HR Director Shannon Springer presented a memorandum of agreement with the IAFF local that realigns fire department duties to preserve…

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