FPUD opens negotiations with employees

The current agreement between the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Fallbrook Public Utility District Employees Association expires June 30, so representatives from the administrative and labor ends have begun work on a new contract.

The Jan. 26 FPUD board meeting included negotiations in closed session which began the process. “It is now the time and place to start negotiations,” said FPUD general manager Brian Brady.

In 2011, the board approved a four-year agreement which was expense-neutral to the district; FPUD’s employees received an annual two percent cost of living increase whic...