(KLZA)-- Representatives of the Richardson County Road Department Union met with Commissioners June 30th to begin negotiations on a new three-year contract. 

During the meeting Commissioners and their representative Jerry Pigsley of Woods Aitken LLP proposed a two-percent wage increase for the department employees each year of the contract to run through June 30, 2023.

The union representatives proposed wage increases for the various positions ranging from 7.4 to 7.8 percent each year. 

Following several executive sessions by Commissioners and several counter proposals by each side,  with no agreement reached,  the sides tentatively agreed to meet again on July 28th.