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Joint Base Cape Cod firefighters seek state retirement buyback to reflect prior federal service
Summary
Joint Base Cape Cod firefighters told the Joint Committee on Public Service they should be allowed to purchase prior federal service so those years count toward Massachusetts retirement, citing a 2008 federal‑to‑state transition that left about a dozen members unable to buy back service.
Joint Base Cape Cod firefighters told the Joint Committee on Public Service they should be allowed to purchase (buy back) prior federal service so that their time working at the former Otis Air National Guard base is fully credited in the Massachusetts state retirement system. The testimony focused on House Bill 4317, “an act relative to Joint Base Cape Cod Fire Department retirement buyback.”
The issue matters because the fire department transferred from federal to state employment during a federal base realignment and closure process and, according to presenters, some employees who served during that transition were left without a mechanism to have their federal time reflected in state retirement records.
“During our formative transition years, I served as vice president and president of the union. We're here before you to ask, to for this buyback of retirement time,”…
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