Remarks by Jerome Charles
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“Multipliers or whatever different cuts that ages, but yes, it's feasible And it's an option that I believe will enhance our benefits All right, and if there's anything more to that point three that I brought up for enhancing that that would be appreciated My enhanced municipal life insurance player and she just pointed out one that we didn't have before which is a retiree Say the three again my three are implement implement Abroad forward-looking policy reform for a pension fund okay, and then utilize a non pension municipal tool and then Well, we'd have to discuss with that. There's you can…”
“I don't think it goes back to the pension board, though, I think. Well, if we have to rewrite the pension, it's going to happen. And you're saying forward-looking, so it's going to have to go back to the pension board. No, the number one will go to the board.”
“Is that, what was the suggestion, is this defer this first reading or table?”
“number two might be a little bit quick with just the next meeting just for looking at it and working with staff probably that's the one with non-pension using the municipal other options that other municipalities have done but I think that's too I mean next meeting would be too quick”
“And then best practices defer... I mean, this ordinance has been written by the attorneys. I mean, is it best to table it or defer it? What's the... It was first reading.”
“Well, since the vote hasn't taken place, and I don't want to anticipate what votes are, if it does get a vote, it's voted down, this document, then legally, I mean, it can't be brought forth again, or?”
“So make that new business and this is first reading. Okay.”
“And we're either in favor of it or you're not. So you don't want to defer it then?”
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“Well, that will give direction and those numbers then.”
“You've had a discussion about this one, and to the attorney, I'm going to put words in, but my interpretation of the attorney's direction is as it's presented in front of us in its first reading, we can vote it down. And then we can also then make a motion to what we want. Okay.”
“He called a question, so is there a motion? Move to deny item 10A.”
“All those that want to deny item 10A, signal by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries. And now I need a motion for... Why don't you make a motion?”
“The three options, which is, yeah, and it's clear and direct. communication from this dais about that reform of it. And like it has lived for 50 years and going through this exercise, it should be an open discussion about it. And then, yeah, then two and then three. And we'll go from there. You have consensus from council? Yes. Okay. All right. Madam Clerk?”
“Let me just start for thank you my colleagues for having this discussion tonight It's not an easy subject matter and it's it's been long overdue. I I spent a lot of time on thinking and it's been a year of this and Like I said earlier and in the meeting I was disappointed what was presented in front of us I understand the work that the pension board did and the attorneys saying they can only see it from a pension boards view but I appreciate that all of you joined in and it's not an easy subject matter for what we're dealing with over the past year. But it is, the importance of it is, shows…”
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“I mean, I'll do a short one again as an intro, but I know that you like the holiday and your kids like it. Man, it stresses me out giving those speeches. Do you want to do it or not?”
“I think you could actually, to be honest with you, you could dust off the one from two years ago. You could dust off the one from two years ago, and it'll ring true on this Memorial Day because that was a really good, that was a very good speech.”