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Council approves moving city employees to tier 1 retirement schedule for FY2026
Summary
The City Council approved Resolution 25-0123-2 to shift city employees to the tier 1 retirement benefit schedule effective Oct. 1, 2025, a change the city clerk said will cost about $70,000 over 12 months and is intended to help retain employees, including first responders.
The City Council approved a resolution on the city’s retirement schedule Tuesday, voting unanimously to move city employees to the tier 1 benefit schedule for fiscal year 2026.
City Clerk said the change would “move all employees for the city of Bridal to the tier 1 benefit schedule with the retirement systems of Alabama,” and explained that tier 1 allows earlier retirement eligibility compared with tier 2. The clerk said the change is intended to help retain employees “especially first responders, who maybe have worked several years and would like to retire at a younger age, due to the demands of the job.”
The council set the change to take effect Oct. 1, 2025, for fiscal year 2026. The clerk reported an estimated cost to the city of “somewhere between $70,000” over a 12-month period and said the expense will need to be addressed in next year’s budget.
Councilor Broughton moved to approve Resolution 25-0123-2; Councilor Jennings seconded. The council approved the resolution in a roll-call vote: Councilor Watson — yes; Councilor Barton — yes; Councilor Brown — yes; Councilor Jennings — yes; Councilor Broughton — yes. The motion passed 5-0.
Councilors did not debate amendments to the resolution on the record. No outside agency approvals or contingencies were mentioned during the item.
The council will account for the estimated cost in the next fiscal-year budget process and the change will be reflected on the retirement system enrollment as of Oct. 1, 2025.
