(KLZA) -- Richardson County Commissioners voted unanimously during their January 28th meeting to authorize special legal Counsel for the county to send a settlement proposal to the County Road Department union attorney and that a letter to be signed by the County Board will also be submitted to each of the Road Department Employees along with the settlement proposal regarding a Court of Industrial Relations case.

The County and the Road Department union have been at odds over the contract concerning wages and terms and conditions of employment dating back to June 30, 2023.

At present, the case has been continued by the CIR Court until March 16 and 17.

The County rejected the previous settlement offer from the union to retain all language of the most recent contract and a one-year status rate increase by $2 each year of the contract that would have increased pay as of July 1, 2025 to $26.67 per hour.