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Cheyenne firefighters’ union presses for market alignment as council disputes peer comparisons
Summary
At a special Cheyenne City Council meeting, the IAFF Local 279 urged a structural fix to firefighter wage tables, citing pay gaps they say leave Cheyenne well behind regional peers; council members questioned the peer group and asked for more comparative data before agreeing on a remedy.
The Cheyenne Professional Firefighters, International Association of Firefighters Local 279, told the City Council at a special meeting that Cheyenne firefighters are “significantly behind the market,” calling the issue a “structural wage table problem” and urging the city to prioritize a market-alignment adjustment.
The union representative said wage‑comparison exhibits show Cheyenne firefighters are about 20.6% behind at year one and cited top‑of‑scale shortfalls around 34.4% for some ranks, and argued the city’s fiscal year 2024 general fund position (general fund balance ~$55.8 million; unreserved balance ~$54.4 million; fund balance equal to about 78.9% of annual expenditures)…
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