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Council approves fire department labor contract on emergency reading
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 26-19 on emergency passage to implement a new multi‑year fire department contract that includes multi‑year COLAs, wage adjustments to improve recruitment and retention, and adjusted benefits contributions.
Council voted to place Ordinance 26-19 up for emergency passage and passed the ordinance authorizing the negotiated changes to the fire department contract. John Delano (legal representative) presented a high‑level overview during the finance committee, noting pay increases intended to align Fairview Park wages with neighboring communities and help retention.
Highlights from the committee presentation included multi‑year cost‑of‑living increases (3% in year one, 3.5% in year two, 3% in year three), equity adjustments at top steps, and changes to HSA contributions and insurance premium shares. The ordinance was placed on second reading with emergency passage and recorded as passed at the council meeting.
Council framed the action as timely to honor negotiated terms and to allow unit members to receive agreed salaries promptly; council approved suspending the reading requirement and enacted the ordinance unanimously.
