Petersburg Pilot -

Members of the Petersburg Municipal Employees Association will receive a 1% raise each year of their 3-year agreement under the terms of the tentative settlement reached during negotiations with the Petersburg Borough.

According to Joe Bertagnoli, a member of the negotiating team, the terms of the agreement are retroactive to July 1, 2017. The increases are applied to the Step C wages paid to employees with 1 year of service with the Borough.

Previously the workers had rejected the Borough offer of a 1%-1%-0% wage hike over the three-year contract.

“This was a lot more palatable,” state...