Now that city hall and the firefighters’ union have agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, city council must amend a bylaw to reflect those changes.
During its Oct. 24 regular meeting, council gave three unanimous readings to the City of Moose Jaw Pension Plan Bylaw Amendment, which addresses the updates made during negotiations on the 2019-21 collective bargaining agreement between the City of Moose Jaw and Moose Jaw Firefighters Association.
As part of the new CBA, both parties agreed to increase the firefighters’ pension level contribution to nine per cent from 8.5 per cent effective Oct. 1. It is this aspect that council had to officially approve with a bylaw amendment.
Firefighters have a matching defined contribution pension plan, where they contribute nine per cent of their income and the city matches that with nine per cent as well.
Meanwhile, firefighters received annual wage increases of 2.5 per cent for those three years — 7.5 per cent in total.
With council unanimously approving the bylaw change, it goes into effect immediately.
Council positions
During the meeting, council appointed Coun. Jamey Logan as deputy mayor, Coun. Crystal Froese as chairwoman of the executive committee and Coun. Heather Eby as chairwoman of the personnel committee for terms starting Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, or until a successor is appointed.
The next regular council meeting is Monday, Nov. 14.
