Remaining City Union Contracts Approved on Eve of Issue 2 Vote

Beachwood City Council passed the last two of its five union contracts at Monday’s regular meeting.

Both the patrol officers and the sergeants and lieutenants branches of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 86 ratified contracts that matched

Under the three-year contract, effective Nov. 1, members of both unions receive a 1.5 percent annual wage increase.

Under the previous contract, the officers, sergeants and lieutenants received a 3 percent wage increase annually.

The contracts also require that the city increase the annual wage increase to 3 percent Dec. 1, 2013 if Ohio provides an alternative to make up 

Council members unanimously approved both contracts.