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Personnel committee approves series of employee-benefit changes, forwards retiree-health request to council
Summary
The Franklin Personnel Committee approved multiple changes to employee leave and holiday policies and voted to forward a nonrepresented employees' request to lower retiree health eligibility from 20 to 15 years to the Common Council for consideration.
The Franklin Personnel Committee on an aye vote approved several changes to employee benefits and leave policies, and it voted to forward a request to the Common Council to align nonrepresented employees' retiree health eligibility with recent police-and-fire contract changes.
Shirley, the department employee nonvoting representative, asked the committee to change the retiree health insurance eligibility for nonrepresented employees from 20 years of service to 15 years, matching police and fire. "Right now, retiree health insurance, you have to have 20 years of service, and you have to be at least 62 years of age. Police and fire, in their contracts had it changed to 15 years," she said. The committee voted to forward Shirley's recommendation to the Common Council for action.
The committee also approved removing Good Friday…
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