Clarion County commissioners on Tuesday announced a tentative agreement with the Butler County Community College campus police department independent union.
The union covers the Clarion County sheriff’s deputies union. The deputies have been working without a contract for about 16 months.
The contract will go into effect retroactive to January 2019 and will expire December 31, 2022.
Part-time deputies would be paid a starting rate of $12.01 an hour, which would be increased to $12.50 upon completion of the probationary period
Brosuis said there would be longevity increases. Full-time employees would earn an additional quarter an hour after three years of continual employment and another quarter after five years.
The agreement with the deputies is the final link in a complex chain of labor negotiations with county employees. The county has also signed contracts with the United Mine Workers of America who represent Children and Youth Services, corrections officers at the Clarion County jail and the county’s probation workers.
The commissioners will formally adopt the new contract at their regular business meeting Tuesday.