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Council debates city's continuing pension payments tied to Port City Transit contract
Summary
Mobile City Council members questioned a proposed amendment to the Port City Transit pension agreement that would keep existing and future operators'match payments flowing to the city-managed defined-benefit transit pension plan; no formal council vote is recorded in the transcript.
Mobile City Council members discussed a proposed amendment to the Port City Transit pension agreement that would preserve city contributions to the transit workers'defined-benefit pension plan as operations move to Via Transportation. The item appears on the agenda as a proposed amendment to the Port City Transit pension plan agreement (resolution 011247).
Council members pressed staff for details about who remains covered and whether new hires will be folded into the legacy pension. Councilman Reynolds questioned why the city would continue matching pension contributions for employees who transition to a new private operator. "I don't understand why we're doing that," Reynolds said during the discussion.
Scott, a city staff member who answered technical questions for the council, told…
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