MCFARLAND, Wis. -- The village of McFarland Board has reached a tentative agreement with its two employee unions that will save the village money and jobs.

The village has been looking to cut $100,000 to fill a budget gap, and leaders were hoping some of the cuts could come from its employee unions.

Tuesday night's budget meeting started with a closed door meeting between the village and the two unions, one representing McFarland police officers and another representing emergency medical service workers and other union village workers.

Village leaders asked the two unions to forego their scheduled 3 percent wage increase in 2010. In return, no union workers will be laid off.

The police union tentatively agreed Tuesday night to take a 1 percent increase in 2010 2011 instead of the 3 percent increase workers were supposed to get next year. Members of the union will also get more vacation time.

"Public safety is very valued within this community, and I am pleased to say that with approved contracts with unions that we can avoid staffing level reductions," said Mike Harried, village of McFarland president.

"I think everybody in our department is happy that there won't be any cuts and we were able to come to a mutually agreeable negotiation, and we saved jobs and we still get a little bit of a pay raise," said Jeremy Michel, a police officer and the union president.

If the police union had not agreed to the concessions, it risked losing three part-time officers and one full-time officer.

A public hearing on the budget is set for Nov. 23, followed by the final vote on Nov. 30.

The agreement with the two unions would save the village $50,000. The village is still figuring out the last $50,000 to cut in its budget.