One of the most confusing topics in town government is undoubtedly public employee pensions, especially when they’re in the process of negotiations.
In 2016, both the police and fire departments pension plans came up for negotiation, and a deal has yet to be decided for either department despite over a year of work to settle the new pension agreements.
At the Oct. 6, 2017 Representative Town Meeting (RTM) meeting, the town’s primary legislative body passed a plan for both the police and fire departments that would be good through 2024 and not affect officers on the force for 20 years or more as of July 1, 2017.