Fairfield City Council rejected a fact finder’s recommendation on proposed wage increases for two years of the firefighter union’s three-year contract.
The fact finder suggested the city pay members of the International Association of Firefighters Local 4010 a 2.5 percent increase in 2018 (retroactive to April 1) and 2019. In addition, the recommendation also called for a 1 percent increase at specified anniversary years in 2018 and 2019. “At five years they’d receive a 1 percent bump, at 10 years they’d receive a 1 percent bump above what’s already been offered,” said Fairfield law director Steve Wolterman, adding 20 years would be the cap for that 1 percent bump.