Post by backdoorit on Dec 27, 2011 11:00:25 GMT -5
Muttontown officials are establishing a retirement benefits program for members of the village's newly created police department, a process that Mayor Julianne Wesley Beckerman said is still in its early stages.
The village board of trustees this month authorized using years of service instead of age to determine when officers are eligible for retirement benefits.
The "length of service"... required for retirement benefits is still to be determined.
"We will continue to fine-tune this," Beckerman said last week.
The Muttontown Police Department -- created when the village, citing high costs, left the Old Brookville Police Department in May -- will join the New York State police and fire retirement system.
The first members of the Muttontown force were sworn in in June. The department now has 11 members, with nine full-time police officers, a lieutenant and a chief, Beckerman said.
Registering for the state plan is done in phases, Beckerman said. The first phase was the formal recognition of the Muttontown police's eligibility for the state plan, she said.
"When you form a police department . . . there are a lot of steps involved," she said. Creating the department, she added, has "been an education at every step."
The Muttontown retirement plan will not cover the chief and lieutenant, who already are eligible for benefits as former members of the Nassau County Police Department.
Police Chief William McHale, a former chief of patrol with Nassau County Police, Monday declined to comment on the retirement plan.
The village board of trustees this month authorized using years of service instead of age to determine when officers are eligible for retirement benefits.
The "length of service"... required for retirement benefits is still to be determined.
"We will continue to fine-tune this," Beckerman said last week.
The Muttontown Police Department -- created when the village, citing high costs, left the Old Brookville Police Department in May -- will join the New York State police and fire retirement system.
The first members of the Muttontown force were sworn in in June. The department now has 11 members, with nine full-time police officers, a lieutenant and a chief, Beckerman said.
Registering for the state plan is done in phases, Beckerman said. The first phase was the formal recognition of the Muttontown police's eligibility for the state plan, she said.
"When you form a police department . . . there are a lot of steps involved," she said. Creating the department, she added, has "been an education at every step."
The Muttontown retirement plan will not cover the chief and lieutenant, who already are eligible for benefits as former members of the Nassau County Police Department.
Police Chief William McHale, a former chief of patrol with Nassau County Police, Monday declined to comment on the retirement plan.
