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Boston council approves home‑rule petition to reclassify 911 dispatchers in retirement system
Summary
The City Council voted to send a home‑rule petition to reclassify Boston 911 dispatchers from Group 1 to Group 2 in the Massachusetts public employee retirement law, citing high stress, staffing shortages and modest projected pension costs.
The Boston City Council voted Wednesday to advance a home‑rule petition that would reclassify full‑time 911 dispatchers, dispatch supervisors and communication center directors to Group 2 under Massachusetts retirement law. Councilors said the change reflects the high‑stress, first‑responder nature of the work and will improve benefits for dispatchers who face chronic overtime and staffing shortages.
Councilor Colette Zapata, chair of the Committee on Government Operations, told colleagues the petition addresses a long‑standing misclassification: “Our dispatchers serve as essential first responders, although we do not treat them as such, we do not classify them as such, and we do not pay them as…
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