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Medina council corrects police contracts after pension pickup error, approves sergeants deal but rejects emergency clauses
Summary
Council approved a three‑year sergeants contract that provides 4% raises each year but declined emergency enactment for corrected ordinances; members debated whether to reopen patrol and dispatch contracts after a pension‑pickup limit made a previously approved 3%+1% provision legally impossible.
Medina City Council’s finance committee on the evening reviewed and corrected errors in recent police labor agreements after staff discovered dispatchers were already at the pension pickup limit and could not accept the 3% plus 1% pension‑pickup formula the council had approved earlier.
Mayor Shields explained staff discovered the dispatchers’ pension system had reached its maximum pension pickup and asked the council to repeal and reissue affected ordinances so the groups could be aligned. Shields said the dispatchers and…
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