The Londonderry Town Council ratified a number of tentative agreements for collective bargaining groups during a special meeting on Jan. 14.
“All are three-year collective bargaining agreements,” Town Attorney Liz Bailey said.
Bailey explained that there are several similarities between all the agreements, including no cost share for insurance premiums for the first two years, a 5% contribution by employees in year three, and buy-out options for insurance including $5,000 for individuals, $10,000 for two people, and $12,000 for those with family plans.
For AFSCME Local 1801, which includes DPW and town office employees, the agreement calls for a 2.5% cost-of-living increase for each year of the three-year deal.
It was also explained by Bailey that they “truncated” the steps eliminating the first three steps for DPW and the first two steps for town employees, along with an additional top step, as well to recruit and retain employees.
It approved the increase for FY26 would be $87,071 with a tax impact of $0.014, $110,988 in FY27 with a tax impact of $0.018, and an increase of $84,243 in FY28 with a tax impact of $0.014.
Another collective bargaining agreement is AFSCME Council 93 Unit B – Londonderry Administrative Employees Association (L.A.E.A.) Town Administrative Personnel (T.A.P.), which consists of Town office employees.
For year one, there is a 2.75% cost-of-living increase, while for years two and three it would be between 1 and 2.5% based on CPI.
Year one would have an increase of $52,491 with a tax impact of $0.009, year two would have an increase of $77,081 with a tax impact of $0.013, and year three would have an increase of $77,672 with a tax impact of $0.013.
One new collective bargaining unit is the Londonderry Association of Police Supervisors, which consists of police department leadership and administrative staff.
There is no COLA or merit increase in year one, but salary adjustments are made.
In year two there are COLA increases of 1.5 to 3% based on CPI and 1.5 to 2.5% increases in year three.
For year one the increase would be $82,018 with a tax impact of $0.014, year two would be an increase of $127,054 with a tax impact of $0.021, and in year three the increase would be $99,958 with a tax impact of $0.016.
For the Londonderry Executive Employees Association, which represents department heads, the contract has no COLA increases or merit increases for year one, but the salary ranges would be adjusted.
For the other two years, there is a COLA increase between 1 and 2.5% tied to CPI.
Year one would have an increase of $66,239 with a tax impact of $0.011, an increase of $61,599 with a tax impact of $0.01 for year two, and an increase of $46,045 with a tax impact of $0.008 for year three.
Another contract is for the Londonderry Administrative Employees Association (L.A.E.A.) Public Safety.
The union consists of fire department supervisors.
Year one has a cost-of-living increase of 2.5%, and years two and three have a 1 to 2.5% increase based on CPI.
Year one would have an increase of $38,501 with a tax impact of $0.006, year two would be $48,109 with a tax impact of $0.007, and the third year would have an impact of $49,379 with a tax impact of $0.008.
The total tax impact would be $0.054 for the first year if the contracts are all approved in March.
According to members at the meeting, the negotiation team for the town consisted of Bailey, Finance Director Justin Campo, and Human Resources Director Tara Koza.
The Londonderry Town Deliberative session is on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 9 a.m., and the Londonderry School Deliberative session is on Friday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m., both are held at the Londonderry High School café.
Voting day is scheduled for March 11.