Record of Testimony
- Gary Harnois
2023-12-15Good afternoon,
Let me start by saying how much I appreciate this group being formed. I am a retired firefighter with 30 years of service. I took my regular retirement when the stress of my job became to great and started causing health issues.
- Lou Fusco
2023-12-15Any state surplus funding could have gone into the state retirement coffers under the auspice of the state treasurer. Seth Magaziner never submitted any surplus moneys to these coffers.
- Robert Desjarlais
2023-12-15Subject: 2011 State Pension Law
- Frank Pannozzi
2023-12-15I retired in June, 2016, at age 66, after working for the state for 31 years. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics figures indicate that for each $1.00 in pension payments I received at that time, I would need $1.27 today, just to break even with the increased costs of living.
- Eugene Daigneault
2023-12-15THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CORRECT AN INJUSTMENT THAT HAS HURT THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED HONORABLE FOR AT LEAST 28 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN RETIRED FOR 15 YEARS. I AM LIVING ON AND MAKING PURCHASES WITH MONEY THAT IS 15 YEARS OLD.
- Philip Gingerella
2023-12-14Good afternoon. I am a Charlestown Police Officer and have been employed by the Town of Charlestown since July 1st, 1999. The new pension laws added 7 years to my minimum retirement obligations because of my age when I was hired.
- Leah Latimer
2023-12-14I can't imagine what I will need to do to survive on 32000 per year in retirement I started paying into the system when a lower wage was offset by the promise of a livable percent of that salary in retirement.
- Allison Onysko
2023-12-14I have been working in the school system for 20 years, and as I approach retirement age I am concerned about the lack of benefits I am going to receive. The first 10 years of my career I was promised a much greater percentage, and earlier retirement.
- James Dwyer
2023-12-14Honorable James Diossa, State Treasurer
And the Pension Advisory working Group
State House, Room 102
Providence, RI 02903 - Joseph Sullivan
2023-12-14I started working with the city of East providence in 1997 with the plan of retiring in 30 years . I would ask the board to respectively implement that again for people that were already invested in pension system when changes were made . Thank you .