After more than six months of impasse, the city of Hays and the local chapter of the International Association of Firefighters have come to an employee wage agreement for 2015. The agreement will provide IAFF Local 2119 members with a one-time two percent wage increase during 2015.

The city earlier agreed to similar terms with the Service Employees International Union Local 513 and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 48.

Both sides entered impasse in June while the city planned their 2015 budget. Current projections have the city’s sales tax figures falling as much as two percent below expectations by the end of the year which is why the city is only providing a one-time bonus.

“We went through federal mediation in the fall and then we were signed up to go through fact finding throughout this month but we met with the mediator and came up with an agreement before that,” said Assistant City Manager Paul Briseno.

City commissioners will look to approve the agreement at this week’s meeting, Thursday, Dec. 11.