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The city of Grandview Heights is in negotiation with a team of firms that will provide schematic-design and fit-planning services for the municipal-complex project planned for the southeast corner of Goodale Boulevard and Grandview Avenue.
The team, which includes architectural, engineering and cost-estimator firms, was one of the groups of consultants that responded to the city s advertisement in March for a request for qualifications for the project, said P Elizabeth Koelker, the city s director of planning and community development.
Each team submitted its qualifications as a collective entity, she said. We shortlisted the field down to four finalists and interviewed them on April 13, and we ve now identified the team we plan to work with, Koelker said. We re engaged in discussions with the team to work out the scope and budget of their services, and we re looking to get that finalized and kick the project off in mid-May.
Grandview Heights firefighters receive 3% pay increase in new contract
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Grandview Heights firefighters will receive a 3% increase in their base salaries for the next three years through a new contract with the city.
Grandview Heights City Council unanimously approved the contract Dec. 21. The contract runs from Dec. 20, 2020, through Dec. 18, 2023.
The agreement was approved Nov. 30 by members of the Grandview Heights firefighters union, the International Association of Firefighters Local 1792, city finance director Megan Miller said.
The previous three-year contract, which expires at the end of this year, provided firefighters with a 3.25% pay increase in each of the three years.
The base salary for a Grandview firefighter/EMT 5 (top pay) is $88,710.93, Miller said.