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Fight over certification pay: union seeks added fire-certification dollars; city cites $136,000 EMS cost
Summary
Bargainers debated certification pay Oct. 1. The city said an EMS-focused certification package would cost $136,000 (city-side total cost including taxes/benefits); the union asked for additional fire-certification pay (roughly $36,500 gross by the union’s math), sparking detailed reconciliation work and a plan to meet finance staff to align spreadsheets and assumptions.
Certification pay and its fiscal ramifications dominated the Oct. 1 bargaining session. City staff presented a costed proposal that focused on EMS certification pay and said the city-side cost for the EMS portion would be about $136,000 when employer-side taxes and benefits are included. The union said it wanted additional fire-certification pay on top of EMS incentives; when combined with EMS increases the union’s chart produced a larger delta (about $201,775 in the union’s presentation).
City staff emphasized the difference…
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