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• OCTOBER 25,.1972
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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL .
OCTOBER 25;,1972.
Pursuant .to due notice, the Yakima.. City Council. me.t:.in special session on_ ,October 25,
1972, at 8:00: o.' P_. M: in the.. Yakima City-Council, Chambers,. City Hall,, to. hear. and_
resolve the wage negotiation „impasse reached between the.City. of Yak:ima..and..the Yakima
Police Patrolmen's Association (YPPA) and Yakima Fire - Fighters' Association (YFFA).
Present were Mayor Bert Broad, Councilmen Jim Lust, Walter Robinson,.Don:..Schussler and
Bill Whitaker, City Manager Craig McMicken, CityAttorney Fred Andrews and Personnel
Director Bob Hilsmann. Councilmen Wray Brown.and_Leno.re Lambert w.er.e absent. .
Statements of impasse were presented by representatives of.the'YPPA YFFA.. . Also
speaking for the YPPA was Mr. John Rayback, Attorney. City Manager McMicken and
Personnel Director Hilsmann presented.. the C.ity,,.'.s. :..ca.s.e..
Negotiators for both s.ides,-were • a_greed- .:that .the,wage.,.increase ,.for_..YPPA. and YFFA. employees
be 6.2 percent for calendar year, 1973, in line with Phase II guidelines. _
Members of ,presented wage increase ,re-ques.ts,,of ,6..2 .percent. for. 1:97.2., effective
October 1, 1972 and.the YFFA requested 5.5 percent for the same period. The City
Manager's rec,ommendat.ion-:was percent for this period.:., .
Action to resolve the impasse was deferred by the City Council pending a detailed study
of the issues. To facilitate this study, City- Manager. McMicken was. as.ked..to gather •
information from other Washington cities as to their plans for 1973 wage increases and
to provide costs of wage increases for all city employees.
There being no further business to come before the. Council, the special meeting adjourned
at 10:50 o'clock P.M.
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