photo by: Bremen Keasey

Lawrence City Hall at 6 East 6th St pictured on Dec. 10, 2024.

City of Lawrence wastewater, stormwater, street and traffic employees are poised to get a 3% raise next year if the Lawrence City Commission approves an agreement with the Teamsters union next week.

The commission’s meeting agenda for Tuesday says that since May, six negotiation sessions have taken place between city management and Teamsters Local No. 696, which represents a group of infrastructure- and utility-related employees in the city’s Municipal Services and Operations department. Both sides reached an agreement “on all topics that were presented for discussion,” the memo reads.

The agreement would cover 2026 through 2028, and for 2026 it includes a 3% wage adjustment compared to this year’s wages. The negotiations would be reopened next year, it says, for the purpose of determining wages for 2027 and 2028.

In addition to the raises, the agreement features several other changes from the past year, including adjustments to the grievance procedure, updates to job titles and language adding Juneteenth as an observed holiday for employees.

The agreement is on the City Commission’s consent agenda, which is a group of items that the commission can vote on in a single motion. The commission meets at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.