Lancaster City Council approves disability pension for officer, corrects pension match and passes multiple resolutions including CDBG reallocations

Lancaster City Council on Feb. 11 voted to approve a disability pension for police officer Michael Dietz, correct an error in the City of Lancaster supplemental pension plan to set the police matching contribution at 35%, and adopt a series of resolutions including a cost‑sharing agreement for Marshall Avenue repairs, a Pride Month flag raising, amendments to Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plans, and two right‑of‑way license agreements with railroad interests.

The disability pension for Michael Dietz was introduced after an executive session the council said was convened to review personnel and legal matters related to the application. “Based upon the unanimous recommendation of the Bureau of Police Officers Relief, the police pension board, and the information provided to counselors during the executive session, I hereby move to approve Michael Deetz’s application for a disability pension,” Councilor Craig said before moving the request. The motion carried on a roll call with all members present recorded as voting aye.

Councilors also approved resolution 12‑20‑25 to amend the City of Lancaster supplemental pension plan to reflect a 35% employer matching percentage “with respect to a police officer hired on or after Jan. 1, 2011,” correcting language that had previously listed the matching amount incorrectly. Councilor…