Canfield OKs pacts for city employees, police
Canfield city officials have unanimously approved city employee and police department contracts for 2015.
Both sets of contracts were approved 5-0 at the city’s last council meeting of the year.
City council approved a one-year contract with its police department. Canfield Police Chief Chuck Colucci said the reason it’s not a three-year deal is “because of the uncertainty of health care costs.” The deal includes 1.5 percent pay raises and keeps the health care contribution of employees at 12 percent, which was the same in 2014. Colucci said he hopes to “renegotiate in the fall [of 2015] for a new three-year deal.”
City Manager Joe Warino said the police contract mirrors the city contract for employees, in terms of the same raise and same circumstance on the health care costs.