The MPPOA is a Licensed Peace Officer organization. On May 4th 2021 their Executive Director Brian Peters wrote a LETTER to Senator Julie Rosen, Chair, Legislative Commission on Pension and Retirement and Members. The letter throws the full support of the MPPOA behind SF2485 supporting the Working Group exploring adding 911 Dispatchers to the PERA Correctional Plan.  The MPPOA is not a Labor Union. They are not a 911 Dispatch Organization. On the MPPOA Membership page it states: Regular Membership Law enforcement officers required to hold a valid full-time license issued by the Minnesota Police Officers Standards and Training Board and who are employed full-time by either a state, county or local political subdivision. Full-time federal officers having the power of arrest with a warrant are also eligible for enrollment.  To our knowledge this would be few, if any current 911 Dispatchers in Minnesota. There was a time when many County 911 centers were staffed by Sherif...

 This is the Workgroup that will make recommendations to the LCPR regarding adding or not adding  911 Telecommunicators to the PERA Correctional Pension. Here's the link  https://www.lcpr.mn.gov/documents/911WorkGroup/911_Telecommunicator_Working_Group_Contact_List.pdf Let's break it down. Before we do let's point out upfront NOT ONE member of this group with voting powers is a PERA or MSRS Correctional retiree! We will concentrate on those who are actual Workgroup Members with the ability to vote. The Chair is Darlene Pankonie . She is listed as the  MN APCO or NENA of MN representative. These are 911 Dispatch organizations.  Darlene is the 911 Communications Division Mananger Washington County Sheriff's Office for the last 13 years. Prior to that she dispatched for the City of Minneapolis for 4 years. As far as we can ascertain she has not dispatched a 911 call for 13 years. During workgroup meetings she has frequently referred to inmates or offenders a...

Part 1 will explore how the current threat  to the PERA Correctional Plan began. Who? What? On March 1st 2021 Minnesota State Senator Bigham introduced SF 2198 described as  " 911 telecommunicators transfer from the general employees retirement plan to the local government correctional plan; transferring eligible service credit " This was quickly co-authored by Senators Housley and Pappas and joined by a companion bill in the House HF 2585 authored by Representative Berg. When the PERA Correctional Plan was formed in 1999 the initial  Correctional Officers   did not transfer any service credit from their previous PERA pension and initially had to wait 3 years to be vested! SF 2198 and HF 2585 did not proceed as written, but on May 3rd 2021 Senator Bigham introduced SF 2485 . The Bill description is, " 911 telecommunicator pension benefits working group establishment."  What is this working group studying?  Bill 2485 reads ...

 MNCORA has been monitoring the 911 Telecommunicators Pension Benefits Working Group established by the Minnesota State Senate. Among considerations is adding 911 Dispatchers to the PERA Correctional Retirement Plan. They seem to be leaning very heavily towards this. Talk at the last meeting has working group members comparing the stress of 911 dispatching to the very real physical dangers Correctional Officers face on the job! Sources tell us at the last meeting PERA Executive Director Doug Anderson said it could cost as much as $79 million to add dispatchers to the Correctional Plan! This was only a ballpark because NO ACTUARIAL STUDY has been done or even approved by the legislature! If dispatchers are added the up to 2.5% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) would probably end. With the current high inflation even the 2.5% COLA is a shrinking benefit! It's quite possible this work group could recommend adding people to a high risk plan, that don't meet the criteria, destroying...

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