Pension Reduction Not Among Ideas

Moving new police and firefighters to a state retirement system, restructuring the pension board and increasing revenue — possibly through another, smaller sales tax — all are likely topics of discussion when the police-fire citizen task force reconvenes on Wednesday…The police and firefighter associations and their attorney, Dan Tobben, argue that promised benefits — including those yet to be earned — are a contractual obligation the city must pay.

Read more… Springfield News-Leader
Published: June 19, 2009


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