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Council hears proposal to add restricted prior service credit to TMRS; staff says change would be time-only and cost neutral
Summary
Human resources staff asked the council to authorize an ordinance adding restricted prior service credit under the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS). Staff said the credit is time-only (no monetary value), is intended to aid recruitment—particularly lateral police and fire hires—and would be implemented by ordinance and TMRS plan update.
Jeffrey Ross, director of human resources, told the Farmers Branch City Council that staff will ask the council to adopt an ordinance to add restricted prior service credit to the city’s Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) plan.
Ross described restricted prior service credit as “time only credit” for previous public-service employment outside TMRS that counts toward retirement eligibility here but carries no monetary value. He said employees must apply to TMRS and have prior service certified by their former employer; the credit is not automatic. Ross said there is no limit to the amount of prior service time that can be credited under TMRS rules, but the…
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