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Select Board hears request to consider retirement benefit parity for Natural Resources officers; discussion to continue
Summary
Natural Resources officers have requested Select Board consideration of retirement-group parity with police officers following new POST training requirements; board agreed to treat the petition as a placeholder and discuss timing and next steps.
Members of the Yarmouth Natural Resources Department have asked the Select Board to consider an article to place Natural Resources officers into the same retirement group as police officers (Group 4), citing a statutory change that now requires them to complete POST (Police Officer Standards and Training) certification and firearms training.
The department submitted an article and an actuarial analysis late in the warrant cycle; the board discussed the request but did not take immediate action. Select Board members expressed sympathy for the officers’ position but raised procedural questions, including the timing for town meeting and whether the retirement board and other stakeholders have completed the necessary reviews.
Several Select Board members said they would prefer a deliberate process to review the actuarial analysis and obtain input from the Retirement Board and town counsel before committing to an article for spring town meeting. The board agreed to treat the submission as a placeholder and to schedule a dedicated agenda item for a fuller discussion, with the possibility of bringing it to a future town meeting after further study. No final vote was taken.
