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In a clear sign of challenging economic times, two of three members of City Council’s finance committee sent a strong message to the city Bureau of Police and its Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 29 union Tuesday, giving a proposed four-year police collective bargaining contract negative recommendations.
Councilman Adam Yoder and Councilwoman Bonnie Katz, both Republicans, voiced concern about the contract proposal to increase salaries for the unionized officers that Mayor Derek Slaughter and Chief Damon R. Hagan negotiated. Councilwoman Liz Miele, committee chairwoman, said she would favor a positive recommendation and voted against the negative recommendation.