Deal may not be done until June
– As many are celebrating a new, historic contract for Houston firefighters, at least two Houston City Council members are raising questions about the specifics of the settlement agreement.will provide $650 million in back pay for current, retired, and family members of fallen firefighters who have worked without a contract since 2017. It also offers up to 34 percent raises for firefighters over the next five years.
Judgement bonds will cover the back pay, according to the mayor’s office. The City hasn’t said what will fund the pay increases, but in a statement, the mayor’s office wrote that the approach “rectifies past grievances and safeguards the City’s financial stability.” In the letter, Pollard and Thomas wrote ten questions “on whether the proposed deal is in the city’s best financial interest, or will it ultimately cause dire fiscal challenges that will impact services city wide for years to come.”“These are just some very basic questions that council members and the general public should want to know,” Thomas said. “The information has not been provided from the administration to help us color in the lines.
Pollard and Thomas want to know how that could impact taxpayers. The councilmembers also asked for justification on the sizeable increase to firefighter pay while asking other city department to cut back by 5 percent.
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