Contracts with the firefighters and battalion chiefs were approved by the Menomonie City Council. The council voted to approve collective bargaining agreements through 2022 with the Menomonie Battalion Chiefs and Menomonie Professional Firefighters Local 1697 at its meeting on Monday. The agreement with the battalion chiefs includes wage increases of a compounded 10.5 percent increase in 2020 and 5.5 percent increase in 2021. There was a 3.5 percent increase in 2019.