Wage Freeze Accepted

There will be no wage increase this year for police officers and fire engineers in the city of International Falls.

City council ratified a new three-year deal for the two work groups at its meeting last night.

Councillor Paul Eklund says a reduction in state aid funding restricted the city's ability to consider wage increases this year.

But he says the contract does allow for the two sides to revisit salaries in the final two years of the deal.