COUNTY GETS READY FOR BUDGET TALKS.(Local)

Byline: E.J. Conzola II Staff writer

Saratoga County negotiators are preparing to begin contract talks with a union that has a history of turbulent relations with county officials.

Negotiations with the deputies' unit of the Civil Service Employees Association Local 846 are scheduled to begin Oct. 9, said unit president William Marshall. The unit represents approximately 100 deputies and corrections officers at the county jail.

Talks with the general unit - which represents 750 county workers, including public works crews, office staff, social workers and public health nurses - began Wednesday. Contracts for both units expire at the end of the year. …