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Danbury Fire Pension Board approves spousal pension adjustment for deceased member
Summary
At a Jan. 21, 2025 special meeting, the Danbury Fire Pension Board voted 5-0 to adjust survivor benefits for the spouse of deceased firefighter Bob Palardy, citing City ordinance 32-75(D) to set the benefit at one-half of the member's pension.
The Danbury Fire Pension Board voted unanimously on Jan. 21 to adjust pension benefits for the spouse of deceased member Bob Palardy, citing City ordinance 32-75, paragraph D, as authority.
Chairman Shawn McGee called the special meeting to order at 3:02 p.m. and told attendees the single agenda item was to adjust benefits for Palardy's spouse. Board member Gabe Rivera moved to approve the adjustment; board member Holly Robinson seconded the motion (the transcript spells her name "Robbinson" in the motion line).
During the brief discussion, Chairman Shawn McGee read from City ordinance 32-75(D), which the transcript records as stating: "Shall receive an annual adjusted sum equal to one-half (½) of the pension which such deceased member would have been entitled." The board used that provision as the legal basis for the benefit change.
The motion was called to a vote and passed 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 3:04 p.m. The board did not record separate roll-call votes by name in the transcript; the minutes list the five attendees as Shawn McGee, Gabe Rivera, Holly Robinson, Dan Garrick and Jeff Tomchik.
The adjustment applies to the spouse of deceased member Bob Palardy. The minutes and motion text do not specify the effective date of the payment change, whether it alters a one-time payment or future monthly payments, or any budgetary source for the change.
