City manager: Stickers are sticking point in city, fire department negotiations

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McAlester City Manager Pete Stasiak speaks from his office at City Hall on Thursday about issues he feels divides the city and the local firefighters’ union in regard to the contract impasse between the two. The issue is currently set to be decided by a vote of the people on June 26 . Staff photo by James Beaty Staff Photo by JAMES BEATY

March 31, 2012

City manager: Stickers are sticking point in city, fire department negotiations

By James Beaty Senior Editor The McAlester News-Capital Sat Mar 31, 2012, 06:33 PM CDT

McALESTER — McAlester City Manager Pete Stasiak leans forward in his office on the second floor of McAlester City Hall and punches numbers on a calculator.

Anyway he adds it up, he says the city can no longer afford agreements negotiated with the local firefighters’ union in years past.

One of the main sticking points for the city, according to Stasiak — sticker pay, or incentive pay the firefighters receive for additional training.

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