Subject: Communication sponsored by Mayor Mason, on behalf of the City Administrator, submitting the Local 321, International Association of Fire Fighters, 2025 - 2028 collective bargaining agreement for consideration. Recommendation of the Finance and Personnel Committee on 01-12-2026: That the negotiated collective bargaining agreement with Local 321, International Association of Fire Fighters for 2025-2028 be approved. Fiscal Note: The wage increases are as follows: 2.5% increases on January 1, 2025, 2.5% on January 1, 2026, 3.0% increase on January 1, 2027, a 3.0% increase on January 1, 2028. The settlement also includes increases for members’ employee health insurance premium contributions from 7.5 % to 10%, effective January 1, 2027, and to 12.5%, effective January 1, 2028. The cumulative costs of the contractual increases over the four-year period amount to approximately $1,600,000 in wages and benefits over the life of the contract.

Committee

Finance and Personnel Committee

Introduced

December 15, 2025

Passed

January 20, 2026