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Two department heads expressed regret Wednesday at the disparity between the share of insurance costs paid by Havre's union and nonunion employees with dependents.

Havre Fire Chief Dave Sheppard and Police Chief Kevin Olson told the city's Labor and Negotiations committee they were surprised the city is willing to pay a larger chunk of the union employees' insurance premiums than it does for nonunion employees. Both Sheppard and Olson are nonunion city employees and they agreed at the meeting that insurance premium costs for nonunion employees should be equal to the costs that union employe...