The city council Monday night formally rejected a proposal put forward by the Berlin Education Association to save the city $155,000 through a combination of health insurance concessions and deferred salary increases.
Fiscal 2010-11 is the final year of the city’s five year contract with the teachers union. Under the contract, teachers are scheduled to receive a three percent salary increase.
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