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Monday, October 26, 2009

Pension Hearing Shows Council-Mayor Tensions

A Council committee hearing today on the city pension program highlighted the ongoing tensions between the city’s legislators and Mayor Nutter.

Ostensibly the hearing was about a year-old resolution from Councilman Bill Green on pension reform. But the timing suggested that is was in part a response to Mayor Nutter’s request last week that Council pass a resolution pledging to create a lower cost pension plan for new city hires.

Council balked at the request, despite a memo from the administration which said the city could face legal action from the state Public Employee Retirement Commission if it wasn’t passed.

Today, the administration retreated on that position. City Solicitor Shelley Smith sent testimony to Council, which said that the original analysis of the situation was “overly aggressive.” A new version of the memo said that legal action was unlikely if Council didn’t act.

Smith did not appear at the hearing.

Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 3:49 PM  Permalink | 1 comment
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:49 PM, 10/28/2009
    And blog posts about "Mayor-Council Tensions" show that reporters like to create controversy where none exist!
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