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Committee considers S.58 to align pay-step timing for some state sworn officers and firefighters
Summary
Senators discussed S.58, a bill that would require pay-step plans for specified sworn state law enforcement officers and state firefighters so they can reach top pay steps sooner within mandatory retirement windows; members weighed pension and collective-bargaining impacts and asked for more stakeholder meetings.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations on Feb. 20 took up S.58, a bill aimed at aligning pay-step timing for certain sworn state law-enforcement officers and state firefighters covered by Group C retirement so those employees can reach top pay steps before mandatory retirement.
Senator Pat Brennan, sponsor of the bill, told the committee that the Group C retirement system "was originally created by the legislature for Vermont State troopers in 1996" and that in later years other sworn officers and state firefighters were placed in Group C but under pay plans that take much longer to reach maximum step levels. Brennan said the mismatch leaves roughly a small group of state employees unable to reach the top pay step before they must retire by…
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