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02-25-2007, 10:23 AM
This press release was announced on San Diego Fire Dept Web Page. Pretty scary, but it appears that SD Mayor Jerry Sanders plans on doing away with 3@50 for new hires in SD for police and fire. Any thoughts on how that will impact one of the lowest paid departments in socal. Here is the info.
Mayor Sanders Proposes Worst Public Safety Retirement System in County of San Diego
The City of San Diego’s initial contract offer to both Police and Firefighters contains significant changes in retirement benefits that would make San Diego’s public safety retirement system the worst in the County.
All other public safety employees at the city and county level participate in either the County’s retirement system or the PERS system. Both programs provide for public safety retirement payments to be based on an employee’s highest year of earnings. Mayor Sanders’ plan, by contrast, proposes that retirement benefits of new police officers and firefighters hired after July 1, 2007 be based on the employee’s highest three years of earnings.
In another blow to police and firefighters, Sanders has also proposed capping an employee’s maximum retirement benefit at 75%, when all other public safety employees in the county participate in a system that has, at worst, a 90% cap and at best, no cap at all.
These reductions, along with two years of no salary or health benefit increases, set up an environment for recruitment and retention problems to continue to grow in both the police and fire departments.
San Diego City Firefighters are disappointed in the proposal brought to their membership. “The math is pretty simple,” said Ron Saathoff, President of the San Diego City Firefighters. “The proposal offered by the Mayor’s office further degrades the compensation of the City’s public safety employees. This will lead to increased recruitment and retention problems as employees vote with their feet and leave for agencies that provide a competitive compensation package.”
Mayor Sanders Proposes Worst Public Safety Retirement System in County of San Diego
The City of San Diego’s initial contract offer to both Police and Firefighters contains significant changes in retirement benefits that would make San Diego’s public safety retirement system the worst in the County.
All other public safety employees at the city and county level participate in either the County’s retirement system or the PERS system. Both programs provide for public safety retirement payments to be based on an employee’s highest year of earnings. Mayor Sanders’ plan, by contrast, proposes that retirement benefits of new police officers and firefighters hired after July 1, 2007 be based on the employee’s highest three years of earnings.
In another blow to police and firefighters, Sanders has also proposed capping an employee’s maximum retirement benefit at 75%, when all other public safety employees in the county participate in a system that has, at worst, a 90% cap and at best, no cap at all.
These reductions, along with two years of no salary or health benefit increases, set up an environment for recruitment and retention problems to continue to grow in both the police and fire departments.
San Diego City Firefighters are disappointed in the proposal brought to their membership. “The math is pretty simple,” said Ron Saathoff, President of the San Diego City Firefighters. “The proposal offered by the Mayor’s office further degrades the compensation of the City’s public safety employees. This will lead to increased recruitment and retention problems as employees vote with their feet and leave for agencies that provide a competitive compensation package.”