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The Missouri Supreme Court, which ultimately decided the case, ruled in 2007 that the city was required to make the full payment and ordered the city to pay a total of about $210 million into the three funds to make up the difference.
Dan Tobben, one of the attorneys who represented firefighters and police in the case, has since been hired by the Springfield police and fire associations and has warned that the Queen City could face a similar lawsuit if its funding shortfall isn’t addressed.
Picked up in a story today on KYTV and featured on the video:
The citizens’ task force for Springfield police and fire pension is considering two options: a 5/8 cent sales tax or a 3/4 cent sales tax. Either one would need to be in place for ten years. Some wonder if that’s enough and if the panel isn’t overlooking other options.
The attorney representing police and fire warned the panel what will happen if a decision isn’t made soon.
“I really don’t think you want to be a community that’s perceived to be a deadbeat community. You’re struggling with an under funded, understaffed, safety thing that’s going to cost you insurance rates, cost you goodwill in the community and and cost you a lot of things,” said attorney Daniel Tobben.
Dan Tobben comments on proposal by Springfield’s Police and Fire Pension Task Force, Thursday, July 29, 2009. Tells KSPR, “It is not legal to take away benefits.”
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Published: July 30, 2009
In a move which might be perceived as an effort to influence public opinion regarding pension funding recommendations, even before the pension task force has begun deliberations as a Committee of the Whole, the police and fire associations’ retained attorney addressed the public through a column to the local daily paper. In the column, the attorney issued a warning to the public.
By Dan Tobben: I recently had the pleasure to address the Springfield Pension Task Force and I perceived most of the men and women who serve on this citizen’s committee to be genuinely interested in finding a solution to funding the police and firefighter’s pension problem. They are citizens who want to resolve the $200 million shortfall and to maintain that funding for the future. As part of my presentation, I told them that there are no easy solutions. Springfield’s long-term failure to properly fund was the predominant factor in creating this shortfall. Some difficult decisions and actions are necessary to solve this problem.
Members of the city’s management staff who sit on the police-fire pension fund board of trustees will temporarily abstain from participating in board functions, the city said Wednesday. The move comes in response to allegations that City Attorney Dan Wichmer’s participation on the board represents a conflict of interest. St. Louis attorney Dan Tobben, who represents the Springfield Police Officers Association and the Firefighters Local 152, raised the issue during a May 6 presentation to the Police-Fire Pension Fund Citizens Task Force.
The City of Springfield management staff members who serve on the Springfield Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System Board of Trustees will temporarily abstain from upcoming board meetings until any alleged conflict-of-interest issues are resolved… St. Louis Attorney Dan Tobben raised the conflict-of-interest issue at the May 6 meeting of the Police-Fire Pension Fund Citizens Task Force.
Mike Evans, SPOA President and Shaun Martin – IAFF Secretary introduced Mr. Dan Tobben with Danna McKitrick, P.C. Law Firm. Mr. Tobben is the attorney the SPOA and IAFF have retained for the last 3 years. Mr. Tobben presented a short professional bio and reviewed some of the pension plan cases he has tried. Three times he has gone to court for the Firemen’s Retirement System in St. Louis. The first two dealt with issues more defined to St. Louis, but the last case involved the Neske case, which was about the underfunding of the Pension Plans for the City of St. Louis.
Attorney Dan Tobben told the city’s pension fund task force he was there “to be educational and advisory” Wednesday night. But the potential for a lawsuit against the city was looming behind the words. Tobben, hired three years ago by Springfield police officers and firefighters, has successfully litigated several pension cases in Missouri.
Presentations from the Citizens Keeping Our Commitment committee, the Police and Fire Chiefs, Attorney Dan Tobben and Shawn Martin, President of the local IAFF chapter.
