Warren council approves pay freezes for police, officials

WARREN

Pay freezes were the order of the night Wednesday as Warren City Council approved contracts with three-year pay freezes for members of two police unions and four-year freezes for nine elected and appointed officials.

The police department pay freezes come wrapped with a payoff for police officers and city residents: The department will soon increase in size from 62 officers to 65 with the return of three officers from layoff.

The only “perk” for members of the patrolman’s union and ranking-officer union is that workers will get an extra holiday each year and an increase in longevity pay, costing the city $16,865 in 2011. Officers give up four hours of overtime pay at election time.

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