How's the Review of the Fire and Police Disability and Retirement System Going?
Mary Jo Markle
In a work session on Tuesday, September 20, Council met with the review committee studying the Fire and Police Retirement and Disability (FPD&R) system to see how the process was going. The committee received preliminary reports from actuarial and disability consultants earlier this month. Analysis of the consultants' reports will now be the focus for the committee.
"The most difficult work is yet to come", said Judy Clark, in her comments to Council. Clark stressed that the committee does not simply want to be a conduit for the consultants' recommendations. A comprehensive committee evaluation and discussion of the reports will take place before the committee sends their report to Council in December.
Jeff Furnish, the committee's chairman, also emphasized that the consultants' recommendations do not reflect the committee's opinion since the committee has not had the opportunity to collectively evaluate them.
Sam urged to committee to work towards consensus when they move to formulate a consensus in the coming months. However, he advised that if a consensus is not possible it would be helpful to present majority and minority opinions to Council.
Sam also asked the committee to consider presenting Council with a recommendation that would hold Council responsible for the plan design of the FPD&R system. By strengthening accountability and moving plan design into the purview of Council, Sam believes that necessary changes can take place more readily.
- Read Commissioner Saltzman's opening remarks for the worksession;
- Read FPD&R Trustee, Charles Rosenthal's, comments about Improvements in FPD&R;
- Take a look at the Preliminary Report provided by disability consultant (*please note that this is not the final report that will be offered by the consultants in October);
- Read the Oregonian article: Advice to City, Rethink disability.
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on September 21, 2005
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Thank you Comm Adams for looking at this, I guess two issues:
1) We have looked at the diability part which is being gamed, but looking at my prop tax, FPDR takes more money than police, fire or library/parks. Are we addressing the underfunding of the retirement system?
2) If FPDR does stay independent, can we make beneficiaries in the minority rather than majority of trustees. This is torubling in the current system.
Posted by: Steve | Sep 23, 2005 1:35:12 PM
I want to know how those running the system pretended what they were doing was ethical?
And will anyone be held accountable?
Or is concept of "accountability" just not in the city charter.
Not only should the system be replaced but those who built it should be revealed.
People did this to the city and taxpayers.
Their names should be published to make sure they get something they deserve.
Posted by: Ben Richards | Sep 25, 2005 8:38:20 AM
Ben,
It will be tough to get accountability with the folks who started this system. It was set up in 1948 by a city charter amendment.
Posted by: Dave Lister | Sep 27, 2005 1:07:46 PM
I meant those who recently have watched this grow and did nothing about it.
Posted by: Ben Richards | Sep 27, 2005 9:41:20 PM
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The question should be,
How's the 'repeal' of the Fire and Police Disability and Retirement system going?
Posted by: Ben Richards | Sep 22, 2005 11:08:46 PM