MAYVILLE – The Chautauqua County Legislature has approved a labor contract for CSEA Unit 6323, the union representing about 120 county jail employees. The new six-year contract calls for an overall salary increase for the worker of just over 8 percent, which amounts to $1.7 million more than the previous contract.
The vote on the contract wasn’t unanimous. It was approved by a final vote of 12 to 6, with several lawmakers -including Terry Niebel (R-Dunkirk), John Runkle (R-Stockton) and George Borello (R-Irving) – voicing concern over the cost of the contract and the precedent it will set with other labor groups in the county that still have expired contracts.
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