March 14, 2017, Pension Commission Meeting

Agenda

Action Items

1. Approval of March 7, 2017, meeting minutes. - Approved
   • March 7, 2017, minutes


2. S.F. 26 (Sparks); H.F. 11 (Poppe): Austin Fire Relief Association/PERA-P&F; Permitting an alternative allocation of fire state aid for the city of Austin. - Passed as amended
   • Amendment S0026-1A (PDF / HTML) - Adopted
   • Amendment S0026-2A (PDF / HTML) - Adopted
   • Staff Memo (PDF / HTML)
   • Tom Dankert, Director of Administrative Services, City of Austin


3. S.F. 1945 (Lourey); H.F. 2092 (Rarick): PERA-SVFRP; Permitting the city of Brook Park to lower the service pension level under the statewide plan. - Passed
   • Staff Memo (PDF / HTML)

Non-Action Item

4. S.F. xxxx; H.F. xxxx (LCPR17-029 PDF / HTML): VFRAs; Requiring municipal ratification of benefit increases by volunteer firefighter relief associations if the municipality makes contributions. - No action
   • Article 7, Section 6 of S.F. 545 (Rosen); H.F. 565 (O'Driscoll): VFRAs; Flexible service pension maximums.
   • Staff Memo (PDF / HTML)

Action Item

5. S.F. 1384 (Rosen); H.F. 1672 (Murphy): Volunteer firefighter relief associations (VFRAs); Implementing the recommendations of the Volunteer Fire Relief Association Working Group. - Not heard
   • Amendment S1384-1A (PDF / HTML)
   • Revisor's technical amendment A17-0222 (PDF / HTML)
   • Staff Memo (PDF / HTML)
   • State Auditor Rebecca Otto

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