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Administration proposes time‑limited post‑retirement hiring flex and new OPEB commission in Municipal Empowerment Act
Summary
Administration witnesses described provisions in the Municipal Empowerment Act to allow short, time‑limited critical‑shortage exemptions for rehiring retirees and to establish a renewed commission to study OPEB liabilities and options for local fiscal stability.
Danielle Cerny, chief of staff to the Secretary of Administration and Finance, and Sean Cronin, senior deputy commissioner at the Division of Local Services, told the Joint Committee on Public Service that the administration’s Municipal Empowerment Act (H.56) includes two main provisions before the committee: a time‑limited expansion of post‑retirement employment exemptions for critical‑shortage positions and a renewed commission to examine other post‑employment benefits (OPEB) liabilities.
The lede: the administration proposes allowing a municipality or state agency to request a two‑year “critical shortage” designation for a specific position or class of positions, permitting retired state or municipal employees to return to work without being subject…
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