Arlington Heights Police and Fire Union Contracts Approved with Salary Increases, Higher Insurance Contributions

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The Village of Arlington Heights approved new three-year contracts with firefighter and police officer unions on Monday night. Members of both unions will received salary raises.

Members of both the Metropolitan Alliance of Police, Arlington Heights Police Chapter No. 510, and the Arlington Heights Firefighters Association, Local No. 3105 had already ratified the new contracts before the village board voted to unanimously approve them at its Monday meeting. The previous contracts expired April 30, 2014. Both of the new contracts expire on April 30, 2017.

Members of both unions will receive 2.5 percent salary increases on May 1, 2014, 2015 and 2016, according to the contract. On one year, beginning May 1, 2015, members of both unions will pay 12 percent of their insurance premium contribution, an increase from the 10 percent they currently pay.

Arlington Heights police officers will also receive additional holiday pay for one more holiday this year, bringing the total to seven, and will receive an increase in their equipment allowance from $200 to $300.

Arlington Heights firefighters will receive an increase in their uniform allowance from $150 to $300.

The police union agreement too three bargaining sessions, while the firefighter union agreement took six sessions.

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