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Council approves amended five-year police tentative agreement after correcting rate typos
Summary
Meriden approved a five-year tentative agreement with its police union that adjusts starting steps for new officers and increases private-duty rates; the council later reconsidered and amended the resolution to correct typographical errors in the 2027–2028 rate figures before final approval.
City HR Director Kathy Zygmunt presented a five-year tentative agreement for the police department covering July 1, 2025 through July 1, 2029 that includes wage adjustments, Juneteenth as a holiday, changes to the canine program and private-duty-rate increases designed to attract private-duty work. "We removed 1 step, so the new officers coming in, we eliminated step b," an official explained during the discussion of recruitment strategies.
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