Halifax municipal council has approved a new two-year contract for more than 300 outside workers.

Council voted on the contract Wednesday, after an in-camera meeting.

Unit 1 of the Halifax Civic Workers — Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 108 — represents workers who take care of parks, snowplowing, sidewalks, sports fields, arenas and rinks.

The new collective agreement includes wage increases of 1½ per cent each year of the contract, some improved benefits for seasonal workers and increased hourly premiums for winter works staff.

The contract is in effect from Nov. 1, 2015 to Oct. 31, 2017.

A tentative collective agreement was reached between the union and the municipality on Oct. 12. The workers ratified the new contract on Oct. 21.