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HR committee approves tentative four‑year IAFF Local 407 contract, sends it to full council
Summary
The Human Resources Committee voted to act on a tentative four‑year collective bargaining agreement between the City of Waukesha and IAFF Local 407, which staff said includes a 3% base‑salary increase in 2025 and other rank‑based premiums; the union ratified it 55–1 and the item will move to full council for a July 1 vote.
Speaker identified in the meeting as Tony (city administrator) summarized bargaining with the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 407, saying city negotiators met with the union twice and reached a tentative four‑year agreement. "We reached a tentative agreement, which was a 4 year contract," Tony said, and he walked the committee through the primary monetary elements, including a 3% base salary increase on Jan. 1, 2025, with similar percentage increases in subsequent years and increased paramedic premiums that will rise toward 5 percent in 2027.
Tony said the agreement includes an additional vacation day for members with 20 or more years of service and several other monetary items detailed in the staff memo. He told the committee the local union ratified the agreement by a vote of 55 to 1 and recommended the committee consider the item; the Chair moved to go into closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e) for bargaining discussions, the committee did so and later returned to open session.
Back in open session the committee considered ID 20 five-one 241 and a motion to act on the four‑year contract passed; the Chair said the item will move to full city council for a vote on July 1. Assistant Chief Tim Fleming and union president Rob Spreiter were present at the meeting and available for questions, though no committee questions were recorded in open session.
