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Cheyenne mayor offers 3% market-based wage increase as talks with firefighters begin
Summary
At a special session the mayor outlined a city proposal including a 3% market-based wage adjustment and targeted rank increases; the union said it would accept the 3% as part of a package contingent on extending a COLA sunset clause and MERP language and both sides agreed to finalize language in two weeks.
The City of Cheyenne and representatives of the Cheyenne Professional Firefighters, IAFF Local 279, met in a special session March 23 to begin collective bargaining.
Mayor Mary Collins presented the city's compensation analysis and offered a package that included a 3% increase applied to added pays (longevity, EMT, shift differential and similar items), an increase to probationary firefighter pay to narrow the gap with…
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