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Committee reviews fire-department requests on retiree health, opt-out pay and insurance options
Summary
Following a visit from the fire department, the personnel committee discussed requests to lower the retiree-health eligibility age, opt-out incentives, a three-tier premium structure and whether to move from self-insured coverage to the state plan; staff outlined estimated costs and constraints.
The Franklin City Personnel Committee reviewed employee suggestions for the city health-insurance plan after a representative from the fire department raised several requests during a prior meeting.
Lieutenant Pulaski had asked the committee to consider allowing earlier access to retiree health insurance for firefighters — lowering eligibility from age 53 to age 50 for employees with 25 years of service under the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). Staff presented rough cost estimates showing that providing retiree health insurance for an additional three years for a retiree would add roughly $64,000 per person over the projected retirement period; staff also noted that…
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