Approval of a contract between the city and its firefighters’ union is on tonight’s Jamestown City Council agenda.

The agreement covers 2021 through 2024 and comes with a 2.5% retroactive pay increase for 2021, 2.5% raises for 2022 and 2023 and a 2.75% raise for 2024. Health insurance contributions will increase from 21% to 25% for the Good Life plan by 2024 and from 26% to 28% for those in non-Good Life plan offerings. There are no retroactive health insurance changes for union members and retirees for 2021 and 2022.

In addition, there is a new section in the contract stating the city and Jamestown Professional Firefighters Association Local 137 will continue discussing staffing issues, and a change to Article 4, Section 17, to replace seniority-based station lieutenants with Civil Service-tested captains, though that clause is subject to further discussion.

Upon ratification, the city will also pay an additional $100 a year to each firefighter who is also a certified EMT.

Four resolutions on the agenda deal with building the city’s new vehicle maintenance facility on Washington Street. Building Innovation Group of East Rochester is the choice to be the general contractor on the project at a cost of $2,499,683. The council also has resolutions to approve a $369,504 contract with Ciancio Mechanical of Jamestown for plumbing work on the building, $889,000 with JMI Heating & Air of Frewsburg for mechanical work and $744,000 with Ahlstrom Shaeffer Electric of Jamestown for electrical work on the project.

The new contract isn’t the only fire department-related item on the agenda. The council is also scheduled to vote on an agreement with D&S Glass to spend $14,376 on new entry door systems at Fire Stations 3, 4, and 5, new backup emergency generators from Ahlstrom-Schaeffer Electric Corp. for Stations 3, 4 and 5 at a cost of $104,000 and new overhead doors at Fire Stations 1, 3, 4 and 5 at a cost of $77,735. Each project is to be paid for with federal stimulus money.

An agreement between the city and the Jamestown Public Schools District to plow most sidewalks in the city is also on the agenda for possible approval. The deal was tabled during the council’s June voting session so further discussions could be had after council members raised last-minute questions. The agreement, first announced in June, would cost the city about $675,000 over the course of four years to hire two Parks Department laborers to run two additional sidewalk plows, while the school district would pay most of the cost for two additional sidewalk plows required for the work.