Vote on fire union contract delayed (Omaha)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110628/NEWS01/110629671/0#vote-on-fire-union-contract-delayed

Published Tuesday June 28, 2011

The Omaha fire union has delayed a vote on its proposed labor contract with the city.

Fire union President Steve LeClair said members had planned to vote on the deal Wednesday, but the vote was pushed back. LeClair said a new date for the vote has not been scheduled.

A City Council vote on the contract has been delayed until at least July 26. Mayor Jim Suttle agreed to the delay after a request from council members.

The mayor has hailed the deal as putting an end to pension spiking and setting the city’s troubled police and fire pension fund on the path to solvency. The fund’s shortfall is estimated at $573 million.

-- Maggie O'Brien