Friday, April 07, 2000
Cheviot, workers OK pacts
BY LEW MOORES
The Cincinnati Enquirer
CHEVIOT — The city has settled contracts with all three bargaining units, wrapping up negotiations before the old contracts had expired.
The city reached agreement with the police and fire bargaining units by April 1, when the contract would have expired, and also with the waste collection and maintenance workers, whose contract would have expired by June 1.
The agreement, approved by council this week, gives police, fire and waste collection and maintenance workers a wage package for three years of 4 percent the first year and 3.5 percent the following two years.
Mayor J. Michael Laumann said it represented the first time in several years the city was able to agree on contracts with the employees before old contracts expired.
“This is the first time that I can remember that we were actually successful in negotiating contracts prior to expiration dates,” Mr. Laumann said. “It's the first time in a long time we've avoided going to fact-finding with any of our bargaining units.”
“We worked on it the last two weeks of March,” said Cheviot Fire Lt. Larry Cole, who negotiated the contract for the firefighters. “It went real smooth.”
The contract settlements affect about 33 full-time employees in police, fire, waste collection and maintenance.
Steve Neal, the city's safety-service director, said the city settled first with the police, followed by the other two bargaining units.
“I thought everything worked out well,” he said.
Mr. Laumann said they all achieved some parity among the contracts, in terms of wage increases, health insurance and other benefits, such as vacations and holidays.
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“There are a lot of things now that are equal,” Mr. Laumann said.
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