She's one of first-grader Marina Lizarraga's favorite teachers. And she's nice and stuff. Sergeants and lieutenants have been working without a contract for more than three months. Staff Writer Though mum on the course they will take, Fairfield leaders will decide Tuesday whether stagnant negotiations for a police managers' contract will head into mediation or fact-finding. No progress was made, so now the City Council will decide in closed session which course it believes will most efficiently end six months of contract wrangling.
Mediation is more informal and less adversarial than fact-finding.
We're not even asking to be the highest-paid police managers in the county. However, we would like to remain at a level of parity with the neighboring Vacaville and Vallejo police departments. The union also wants the opportunity to address the City Council publicly before councilmembers make their decision Tuesday. Police managers so far have worked three months without a contract. The city's goal is to keep raises at a 2.5 percent total compensation increase, said Dillon, but union members want more than that.