Butler City Council voted unanimously Thursday in favor of a two-year contract with the International Association of Firefighters, Local 114, which represents the city’s 16 full-time firefighters.

The contract includes small pay raises in both years, but a copy of the new contract was not made public following the council meeting.

Mayor Ben Smith said the contract couldn’t be released because it hadn’t been signed.

The firefighters approved the agreement earlier. Union officials could’t be reached for comment Thursday night.

Councilman Corey Roche, the director of public safety, said the contract includes pay raises of 0.25 percent this year and 0.5 percent next year.

The agreement also increases the firefighters’ contribution toward their pension plan from 3 percent of their monthly wages to 5 percent and caps their contributions to their insurance premiums at 7 percent, said Roche.

A full story appears in the Butler Eagle.