Archive | 2019 Legislature

LEOFF 2 | Sept. Board

The LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board is holding a regular board meeting on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 starting at 9:30AM. Materials will be available on our website on Monday, September 23rd: https://www.leoff.wa.gov/board-meeting/board-meeting-september-2019/ LEOFF PLAN 2 RETIREMENT BOARD MEETING AGENDA September 25, 2019 – 9:30AM Approval of July 2019 Minutes State Actuary’s Recommendation on Long-Term Economic […]

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FOP Reports L1/L2 merger off.

Police and fire retirement system merger discussions cease Legislature still considering fund transfer to undefined benefit enhancement fund in advance of actuarial studies review By Tacoma Weekly Staff March 29, 2019 Washington State Fraternal Order of Police (WAFOP) received a statement indicating that discussions regarding a merger of Law Enforcement Officers’ and Fire Fighters’ Plan […]

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WACOPS Update

Editor’s Note: WACOPS is essentially a lobbying organization that represents most of the Police Officers and Deputy Sheriffs in the state. COMPAS and FOP are similar and represents officers from Seattle, King County and some small jurisdictions. I post this information so that you will have a clear understanding of the concerns of our LEOFF […]

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Merger Cancelled

We received the following email from Senator Van De Wege today: This is to let you know that the proposed LEOFF 1 and 2 merger will not be moving forward for the 2019 session.  There will be no more stakeholder meetings. The meeting this Friday, March 29th, is cancelled. I would like to thank everyone […]

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2nd Stakeholder Meeting

The second stakeholder meeting for the LEOFF 1/LEOFF 2 merger proposal was held on March 22, 2019.  As with the first meeting it was well attended but as with the first meeting nothing was accomplished.  It is just about impossible to have a meeting with 20 or 30 people and accomplish anything when dealing with […]

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Some Unanswered Questions

Here are three sets of answers in response to Senator Van De Wege’s request prior to the March 22nd stakeholder meeting. None of the answers were seriously discussed and no answers were provided–at least no satisfactory answers. Greeting Senator Van De Wege, Thank you for your inquiry.  Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend the […]

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State Revenue Projections

OLYMPIA — As lawmakers prepare to unveil their supplemental budget proposals next week they received good news Thursday about state revenue projections that look to increase by about $1.3 billion more than expected through 2021. The numbers released by the Office of Financial Management at a meeting of the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council showed […]

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Merger Review

(Download a PDF version of this article.) At the first stakeholder meeting on March 14, 2019 we were presented with the latest version of the proposed LEOFF 1/LEOFF 2 merger. The document is titled “LEOFF MERGER DRAFT” is essentially the same as the version first circulated on February 23, 2019. Various versions of this proposal […]

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