The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-30
City Pension
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 years with the city and have att tained an age of SO years for re- tirement. No specific departmental term of service is noted for this group.
 General employees must retire at the age of 65 years with teachers required to have served 25 years and must retire at the age of 65 also.
 Supplementary Features
 Supplementary features of these latter requirements include the rurling that all general employees and teachers will automatically be retired at the age of 70 except un- der the discretion of the board they may be continued in part-time or full-time employment until the age of 73 years. Police and fire employ es will automatically be retired at 68 years at which time their em- ployment must cease on any basis.
 The new pension program which is mandatory for all full-time city employees, except for those hired by the city after Jan. 1946 who are beyond the age of 45, will also ir- clude all members of the city court whose salaries are set by Charter. This does not include court inter preterS.
 A Retirement Commission will be set up under the proposed program consisting of five members rather than the seven originally planned. This commission will consist of the city controller whose term of of- flee will be concurrent with his elec- toral term; one member of the board of alderman, with a one-year term and three electors of Water bury one of whom must be city employe who has served five years.
 Terms of office for the latter three are based on a sliding scale of 4, 3, and 2 years respectively. All terms of office are to take effect as of Jan. 1, 1946.
 City employees who are now in the armed forces or who served in the last war or any future wars will be accredited with city service in terms of the length of time with the armed forces.
 Retirement benefits for employees have been established as reported here yesterday to be determined on a basis of one and one-third percent computation of the employees aver age annual salary for the 10 years proceeding his retirement year times the total years service. The result is his or her annual pension to be re- ceived.
 Contributions. as stated previously will be in amount of 4 per cent by firemen and policemen, per cent by general employees ana per cent by teachers.
 Death Benefits
 Death benefits as provided by the pension program for firemen and policemen call for payment of one half of pension o surviving children until the youngest child attains the age of Is years. In the case of death benefits to surviving spouse these have been drawn up to include the husband of any policewomen serv- ing with the local department.
 Upon death of general employees or teachers his or Ter beneficiary are to receive equal share of amount contributed by the deceased up to time of death plus accrued interest. Total disability benefits for this lat ter group will equal amount they would have received on retirement. Naturally, any resigning employees will receive contributions in return plus accrued interest.
 If Social Security provisions should be constituted by federal authorities to include municipal employees, pen sion benefits and contributions of city employees here will be reduced proportionately.
 Members of the Retirement Con- mission shall be authorized to make bylaws, employ actuarial, medical and clerical or other services, and shall act as Trustee of the Retire ment Fund.
 A section of Appeals from board rulings will also b, included within the proposed program. The new pro- gram is intended to repeal all pre- vious Acts of City Charter incon- Sistent with the plan.
 As stated here previously present pensioners will be unaffected by any proposed plan with present ben- efits remaining in toto.
 All pension payments will be made the last day of each month accord ing to the plan.
 It was stated today that reason for the change of date on public hearings is due mainly to the num- erous revisions of the context of the plan made at last nights meeting of the commission. Tyring of new text arc mimeographing of same will take until next week, it was declar- ed. Last nights meeting of the com- mission is said to have lasted until 12::30 a. III.