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 […]
Archive | Merger
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Merger – Stakeholder
On Thursday, March 14, 2019, there was a meeting hosted by Senator Van De Wege in Olympia. The stated purpose of the meeting was as a stakeholders’ meeting where consistent and factual information about the proposed merger of LEOFF 1 and LEOFF 2 would be shared. The meeting was attended by 19 people who signed […]
RFFOW President’s Report | March 2019
I was in Olympia on February 21, 2019 for a Hearing on two bills, SB 5920 to expand the eligibility to serve on Prior Act Pension boards and LEOFF I Disability Boards and SB 5894 dealing with funding for Prior Act Pension boards. I was advised that I should schedule a meeting with Senator Kevin […]
LEOFF Merger Again
Another Merger Proposal!!! (date corrected) Well, here we go again. On February 21st Dick Warbrouck of the RFFOW was in Olympia for a hearing on bills dealing with pension board membership. He was advised that he should meet with Senator Kevin Van De Wege. The meeting was also attended by Steve Nelson, the Executive Director […]
LEOFF 2 Board September 27, 2017 Agenda
LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board meeting is Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 at 9:30AM. Public attendance is welcomed. Meeting materials will be available on the LEOFF II website to view on Monday, September 25th. Please note that the location of this meeting will be: Hotel Red Lion Olympia Cedar Hemlock Room 2300 Evergreen Park Drive Olympia, WA 98502 LEOFF PLAN 2 […]
View from the Interim
We are now in the interim—that period between two sessions of the legislature—a good time to do an assessment of the impending threats and the status of our defenses. If history is to serve as a teacher we can surely anticipate that some legislator or some group working with a legislator will once again mount […]
RFFOW President’s Message | August 2017
by Richard Warbrouck As the final special Legislative Session was coming to a close a joint legislative committee was appointed to discuss and negotiate a state budget that both the House and Senate could agree to. Unfortunately these budget committee meetings were behind closed doors and apparently exempt from the open meeting law and public […]