Potential 3-year wage freeze for Trumbull engineer workers

WARREN — Trumbull County Engineer David DeChristofaro and workers at his department have reached an agreement on a three-year wage freeze.

The workers’ contract was set to expire April 19, 2010, but the union and management “wanted to demonstrate their commitment to the public that the engineer’s office is a good steward of public funds,” according to a press release from DeChristofaro.

The wage freeze is binding for the first year of the agreement. If no other county unions receive a pay increase in the second or third year, wages will be frozen in those years, too, DeChristofaro said.

DeChristofaro said that revenues for the department are expected to be $1 million less in 2009 than they were in 2008 and that the department likely will spend about $1.25 million less in 2009 than in 2008.