Police Contract A Done Deal After Months of Negotiating
The village wanted the police to pay into their pensions and pay more of their insurance premiums, but the Caledonia police union held out for a pay raise.
The village and police union have settled their differences, and hammered out a one-year and a three-year contract, which asks for members to pay more toward their benefits while also getting a small pay increase. Contract talks failed this spring after they had been in mediation, but they ultimately came back to the negotiating table last month – just in time for the budget hearing next week. Essentially, both offers, which included some changes, were incorporated into one contract. The 2012 contract year would maintain status quo. But in 2013, the three-year contract requires the police to pay more of their insurance premium and pension costs while also receiving some wage increases. The Village Board approved the deal in a five to one …
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a quiet conservative
7:04 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
That is a great deal...I know that Police in Kenosha have a single / family deductible of $2500 / $5000 more ›