DCCC faculty initiates raise for all employees; board names new trustee

 The Dodge City Community College board of trustees had a particularly fruitful meeting Wednesday. The board named Dr. Jason Joy, a local chiropractor who is himself a community college graduate, to fill the seat of long-term member Bill Austin, who passed away last July.
    Trustees also signed a 2009-10 contract agreement with the college's non-teaching staff. Since the faculty contract was signed last month, Wednesday's meeting wrapped up negotiations for the year.
    This year's contract negotiations were a bit unusual as contracts go. That's because a suggestion that arose during the faculty negotiations was adopted for the staff contract as well. Usually, each union sticks to its own agenda, but this year was different.
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