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Rules Committee advances broad charter amendment on pensions and retiree health to special meeting after extensive testimony
Summary
The Rules Committee adopted technical amendments and moved a 250+ page charter amendment (pension tiers, employee cost-sharing, supplemental COLA rules, and Health Service System changes) to a special Rules meeting after lengthy presentations by department staff and extensive public testimony, much of it from retirees opposing changes to the Health Service System board.
The Rules Committee on June 23 advanced a comprehensive charter amendment addressing city retirement benefits and retiree health care after a two-hour staff presentation and extensive public testimony. The measure, sponsored by Mayor Lee and supervisor co-sponsors, was amended at the hearing and formally continued to a special Rules meeting Tuesday at 09:00 for further consideration.
Mickey Callahan, director of the Department of Human Resources, summarized three principal elements: new pension tiers for future hires (including a move from a two-year to a three-year final salary average and caps on pensionable salary); a cost-sharing…
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