Batavia firefighters get 4 percent raises
Posted February 18, 2016 12:00 am
Batavia's full-time firefighters, paramedics and lieutenants will get raises from 2 to 4 percent, under a new three-year contract.
The contract, which the city council approved Monday, is retroactive to Jan 1, 2015.
The pay raises are 4 percent the first year; 3.5 percent in 2016; 2 percent Jan. 1, 2017; and 2 percent beginning July 1, 2017.
It sets starting pay for a firefighter/paramedic at $60,777 this year. The maximum pay, for a person who has worked for the city six years, will be $87,180 by the end of 2017.
Lieutenants start at $87,989 this year, and top out at $101,891 at the two-year mark.
Batavia has 18 full-time firefighters and paramedics, and six lieutenants.
They were represented by the International Association of Firefighters.
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