The Bettendorf City Council gave its approval Tuesday night to new contracts with the city's four bargaining units that include yearly cost-of-living increases as well as an increase in employee health premium rates.
At its regular meeting, the council voted unanimously to approve collective bargaining agreements with the Bettendorf Peace Officers Association, Bettendorf Professional Firefighters' Association, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, and AFSCME Council 61, which represents library employees.
Each union now must ratify the proposed agreements.
Negotiations began in November for the new contracts, which cover a total of 205 city employees, including 107 AFSCME-General employees, 35 AFSCME-Library employees, 38 police and 25 firefighters.