Rockville employees will receive pay raises of up to 6.75 percent next year, despite a continuing recession that has forced state and county governments and private businesses to freeze pay and cut jobs.

The city council on a 3-2 vote approved next year’s $100 million budget with a 3.25 percent cost-of-living increase for all 550 employees and varying pre-negotiated increases and merit-based increases for union and nonunion employees.

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