The move runs contradictory to city efforts to cut costs over in past months in response to a projected 3 percent decrease in revenues compared to last year and a reported 9 percent hike in expenses.
It's a two-year agreement with Service Employees International Union Local 73 that will increase the hourly pay of full-time and part-time public works, maintenance and clerical staff….however there's a wage re-opener at the end of the first year, and so this 2 percent is only for 2009."
Last November, the city announced it was eliminating as many as 54 positions throughout this year, which included the laying off of 16 employees late last year
the agreement allows for a renegotiation of wages at the end of 2009 that could possibly decrease workers' pay, depending on the city's economic condition at that time.
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