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St. Mary's County to study extending retiree health vesting for elected officials; military-service credit set aside for later analysis

2138833 · January 22, 2025
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Summary

County commissioners asked staff for a fiscal analysis on widening retiree health vesting to all local elected offices and whether prior officeholders should be made eligible; the question of counting military service toward health vesting was separated for a later, deeper review.

County commissioners asked staff to produce more detailed cost estimates before deciding whether to extend retiree health vesting for St. Mary's County elected officials and whether that extension should apply to prior officeholders.

At a March 2 budget work session, staff told the commission they had hired Bolton to prepare a fiscal note that will analyze extending the benefit to the 11 elected positions the county identified and to provide options on retroactivity and eligibility. Katherine, a county staff member, said Bolton will deliver analysis to the commissioners next week.

The request before the commissioners…

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