The Hollister council Monday approved a new contract for the police union.
The police contract will extend from Nov. 1 through October 2017. It includes a 6.3 percent pay increase for sworn officers.
There are provisions for a sharing arrangement on health costs, though, and the city estimated it would save $64,000 in the general fund with no stipulated time frame for those savings. As part of the health care section in the contract, the city is offering cash incentives – $1,380 for an employee plus family – for workers not to participate in the city’s health plan.
Council members voted 4-0 to approve the deal. Councilman Victor Gomez, whose wife works for the police department, abstained from voting.
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