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Board approves correction to police retirement enrollment after deputy's complaint
Summary
A town deputy tax receiver told the board an administrative error prevented retirement contributions from being credited; the board approved a resolution to correct the enrollment and discussed whether the town should pay the additional retroactive contribution.
A town deputy tax receiver told the Seneca Falls Town Board that an electronic enrollment into the New York State and local retirement system was invalid because the town had not executed an electronic signature certificate of compliance. The deputy said 3% of pay had been deducted since the employee’s first paycheck but those funds were never credited to a retirement account and requested the town cover the additional 3% needed to retroactively enroll the employee effective 2024-10-07. "I'm requesting that the town contribute the additional 3% necessary to complete my enrollment," the deputy said.
The board introduced and moved a resolution described by the supervisor as a correction of police officers' retirement plan enrollment error and discussed budget implications. The item was advanced for approval; the transcript records the resolution being moved and seconded and then carried after discussion. The board did not provide a detailed vote tally in the transcript for the retirement-correction motion; the resolution's text and implementation steps were discussed during the meeting. The board also referred to this personnel matter in later agenda discussion about budgeted positions and past votes by board members.
Speakers listed for this article
- Deputy, tax receiver — role/title: Deputy Tax Receiver; affiliation: government; first_reference: SEG 008
Authorities
- type: statute/administrative: "New York State and local retirement system"; referenced_by: ["SEG 013","SEG 022"]
Actions
- kind: resolution motion: "Resolution authorizing correction of police officers retirement plan enrollment error" mover: "not specified" second: "not specified" vote_record: [] tally: {"yes":null,"no":null} outcome: "approved" notes: "Transcript records motion, second and 'All in favor' but does not include a complete roll-call tally for this specific item; implementation steps discussed.",
Provenance
- topicintro: {"block_id_start":"SEG 008","block_id_end":"SEG 008","evidence_excerpt":"Deputy, tax receiver.","reason_code":"topicintro"} - topfinish: {"block_id_start":"SEG 056","block_id_end":"SEG 056","evidence_excerpt":"Thank you.","reason_code":"topicfinish"}
proper_names:[{"name":"New York State and local retirement system","type":"other"}],
clarifying_details:[{"category":"required contribution","detail":"To retroactively enroll effective 10/07/2024, a total contribution of 6% is required; deputy requested town pay the additional 3%","source_speaker":"Deputy, tax receiver"}],
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