Sean C. Morgan
Sweet Home Police Department officers and dispatchers voted Thursday evening to reject the city’s last offer and seek binding arbitration to settle a new contract.
The two sides met using a mediator on Feb. 11.
“Nobody’s position has changed,” said attorney Akin Blitz, a labor attorney with Bullard Law, representing the city of Sweet Home. “The city tried to change its offer to make it more palatable to the police officers association.…