MANCHESTER — Aldermen will consider final approval of four labor contracts tonight, with Mayor Ted Gatsas questioning how they will be funded, while a key alderman praised one for putting a crack in the long-criticized Yager-Decker pay scale.

The contracts cover police support workers such as dispatchers, and workers in the welfare department, library and airport.

All contracts would provide 2 percent cost-of-living raises for this year and next. Three of the contracts could increase employee contributions toward health care, raising the employee share of premiums from 15 to 17 1/2 percent. *| More…

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