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How LOSAP credits, prior service and entitlement would work under Hague proposal
Summary
The presentation explained LOSAP's point system (50 points = one year), prior-service window (five years immediately preceding adoption), entitlement age (minimum 55) and the ability to collect while remaining active.
The LOSAP proposal uses a point-based system administered by the fire department and approved by the town. "If you get to 50 points, you get a year of credit in the program," Relyea explained, describing how calls, drills and officer roles generate points that convert to credited years for benefit calculation.
Relyea also described prior-service credit rules: only the five calendar years immediately preceding plan adoption may be recognized if members were active and earned the required points in those years. He noted entitlement age is 55 (the statutory minimum) but that participants may continue active service and accrue additional benefit credit after entitlement.
