The City of Lockport and its firefighters union have agreed to their first contract since 2012, bringing a partial end to the union’s lawsuit against the city and settling a years-long debate over ambulance service.
The Lockport Professional Firefighters Association agreed in the contract to end its lawsuit to return the city’s ambulance service to the fire department in return for a $6,000 settlement to each of the union’s 33 current members. The 12 firefighters laid off when the city dropped its ambulance service, amid a 2014 financial crisis, will not be paid settlement funds, unless they returned to work for the department.