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Pensions and politics
2:05 pm
Fri February 17, 2012

Political fight over firefighter pensions continues

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The political fight raging over Mayor Francis Slay’s efforts to reform the pension system for St. Louis city firefighters continued at City Hall Friday.

The dispute started last week when board president Lewis Reed refused to assign the bills to a committee. Reed contends the board's rules give him until next Friday, Feb. 25, to make a decision.

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Firefighter pensions
4:47 pm
Mon February 13, 2012

Aldermanic committe opens discussion on firefighter pensions

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Alds. Craig Schmid, Jennifer Florida, Scott Ogilvie and Tom Villa (R-L) listen to city operations director Sam Dotson present on Mayor Slay's pension plan.
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Though they had no legislation to officially consider, members of the Public Employees Committee of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen spent almost three hours today discussing proposed changes to the pension system for the city's firefighters.

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Furloughs deferred
5:44 pm
Wed August 24, 2011

City delays vote on mandatory furloughs for employees

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City employees will have to wait another month to find out if they'll be forced to take more furloughs.
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Saying they could not in good conscience declare that the city of St. Louis is in a fiscal crisis when it had a budget surplus last year, two members of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on Wednesday forced a delay on implementing a third year of furloughs for city employees.

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