Strickland proposes return to the police, fire pension plan cut in 2014
Mayor Jim Strickland announced that he would propose a plan to Memphis City Council that would allow City of Memphis police officers, firefighters and dispatchersthe option to return to the 1978 pension plan or the 2016 pension plan. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Mayor Jim Strickland touted the proposal, on its way to the Memphis City Council for the next budget season, as a way to retain and recruit public safety employees in the police and fire departments. For the police and fire unions, the proposal is the second part of a two-part push to restore what the City Council cut.
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A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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