Senate Bill 5652 passed in the Senate Ways and Means Committee and was referred to the Senate Rules Committee. That occurred on January 27th. Currently it remains in Rules. The companion House Bill 1701 has passed out of Appropriations and was put forward to the House Floor without a hearing in House Rules. It appears […]
Archive | Miscellaneous
This category if for information that does not deal directly with the pension plan but is of general interest to members of the system.
Support SB 5791
What to do? There are two pension bills being considered by the Senate Ways and Means Committee SB 5652 for LEOFF 2 and SB 5791 for LEOFF 1. Both bills address the same subject, an enhanced benefit, a payment to members and surviving spouses out of each pension system surplus. SB 5652 provides a benefit […]
WSCFF Letter and Pension Bills
The Washington State Council of Firefighters (WSCFF) has sent out a letter to approximately 6,800 LEOFF 1 members. It is a recruitment letter along with a DRS payroll deduction form for a $6.00 per month deduction or $72.00 per year. The dues are equal to 25 percent of an active firefighter’s dues. The letter was […]
SB 5453 – its contents.
By Admin on February 22, 2021 in 2021 Legislature, LEOFF 1/TRS 1 Merger, Merger, Miscellaneous, SB 5453
Legislature makes a move on pension systems. As I write this article, we are dealing with a bill in the legislature that impacts both LEOFF 1 & 2. The bill is poorly constructed and has only one sponsor and, as such, may not survive to reach the floor. It is Senate Bill 5453 and is […]
5453 Research
By Admin on February 20, 2021 in 2021 Legislature, LEOFF 1/LEOFF 2 Merger, LEOFF 1/TRS 1 Merger, Merger, Miscellaneous, SB 5453
The following articles deal with merger issues. There are lots more on this site but these should provide some good background info. TRS Underfundinghttps://leoff1.net/2016/09/04/trs-underfunding/ By Admin on September 4, 2016 in 2016 Legislature, LEOFF 1/TRS 1 Merger, Merger One of the major concerns of LEOFF 1 members about the proposed TRS 1/LEOFF 1 merger is […]
Public Records Request
The Department of Retirement Systems has received a public records request that The Seattle Times seeks information about all members of the state’s retirement systems, including all retirees and inactive members, for the period July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. This is a recurring request, and DRS has provided to this requestor the same […]
Agent Orange Benefits
Notice to all LEOFF members and fellow Veterans who served in the military during the Vietnam War, January 9, 1962-May 7,1975. Some of you may have a disability caused by exposure to Agent Orange during that time and don’t even know it. There are a couple requirements that have to be met to include boots […]
Comments from King County Paramedics
July 23, 2020 King County Paramedics – IAFF Local 2595Post Office Box 5310 Kent, WA 98064 – 5310 ****OPEN LEITER TO THE CITIZENS OF KING COUNTY•••• We wish we had the answers to racial inequality and racism. We don’t, but we recognize that African American communities are in pain and rightfully so. The lAFF Local […]
Legislation/Cronovirus/Riots
Many have recently received a mailing from the Coalition. It looks like a membership application but really is just another fundraiser. We recommend you ignore it. We detail our reasoning here. We have been quiet for some time. There are reasons for that. First there was not much to report since the last session of […]
Can they defund the pension?
Several people have contact us about the demand by the protestors and rioters in Seattle that they defund the police and pensions as well. Well, they can’t. Take a look at this article from Newsweek that explains the issue quite well. A demand from demonstrators in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Organized/Occupied Protest (CHOP) to scrap funding […]