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Monday, May 7, 2012

Mayor Says Deadline On Proposed Pension Changes Will Be Met

There was some concern the city would miss yet another deadline for getting its proposed changes to the pension plan in to the province so they could be approved during the current sitting. 

Mayor Ivan Court says that should be no problem because the city got the numbers back from the actuary on Friday which will be passed on to the Superintendent of Pensions. 

Court also tells CHSJ News he was asking the same questions about the city's pension plan as former Common Councillor John Ferguson but broke with him the well publicised alleged conversation in the City Market about disability pensions being approved illegally. 

Ferguson would not divulge to his fellow Council members who the conversation was with. Court maintains he had a duty to do so. The Pension Board has maintained the conversation never took place.

The Mayor will also be trying tonight to get funding restored for lifeguards from the 400 thousand dollars the city saved in snow clearing costs because we had such a mild winter.