![]() ![]() For 2020, the township will contribute $127,607, most of which is covered by state aid.įrank said the union approached the township with three proposals to consider - lifting the retirement age requirement, now 65 years and 10 months providing a $100 monthly pension payment increase for each year an officer works past 25 years and offering a deferred retirement option plan, which commissioners approved for Klein. Police officers contribute 5% of their compensation to the pension fund. Poston was adamant about not opening the contract. Negotiations for a new contract will start in June.Ĭhanging pension provisions for the officers would require opening the contract, Township Manager Rich Hill said. The township’s officers are working under the terms of a three-year agreement that runs through 2020. William Poston, the township’s police commissioner, said the township will not consider changing the contract until the two sides begin talks for a new one next year. Teamsters Local 249, which represents the township’s 12 rank-and-file officers, asked the township to consider enhancements to their pensions as they had for police Chief Mike Klein, said Keith Frank, vice president of Local 249. Harrison commissioners will not entertain a request from its police officers union to enhance their pensions under the existing contract. ![]()
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