Camas police, fire departments negotiate new contracts

The Camas City Council has approved one-year contracts with the city’s police and firefighters’ unions. Members of both groups will receive raises this year, after going without in 2011.

A contract for 2012 was approved with the International Association of Fire Fighters Local No. 2444. Highlights include a one percent wage increase effective Jan. 1, 2012; 24 hours of “flex time” to be used in 2012 (with conditions that it cannot be cashed out, carried over or cause overtime); and a limit to 200 hours for the amount of vacation time that can be cashed out annually.