A look at City Council members’ key votes, pension and insurance benefits
By Daniel Connolly, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. | |
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City pension eligibility: Boyd will be eligible for an estimated
City health care coverage: Not covered.
Notable actions during this year's benefits debate: Boyd voted against the
Quote: Boyd said he made clear to the city's Human Resources department when he took office in 2008 that he didn't want to participate in the city's pension plan. "I'm a retiree from
City pension eligibility: Brown is older than 65 and with more than 17 years of city service credited, he will be eligible for a monthly pension estimated at
City health care coverage: Covered under the city's premier-level family plan.
Notable actions during this year's benefits debate: Brown voted against the
Quote: Brown says he plans to talk with city attorney
City pension eligibility: Not yet eligible.
City health care coverage: Covered under the city's premier plan family coverage.
Notable actions during this year's benefits debate: Collins was out of town
Quote: "My situation does not change the way I would vote on pensions or health care."
City pension eligibility: Not yet eligible.
City health care coverage: Not covered.
Notable actions during this year's benefits debate: Voted for the
Quote: "I guess whether I had (benefits) or didn't have them I don't think it would matter." He said he chose not to take city benefits because that's not why he ran for
City pension eligibility: Not yet eligible.
City health care coverage: Not covered.
Notable actions during this year's benefits debate: Voted for the 24 percent premium increase for employees and retirees. Voted for the
Quote: "I could be on (city) health care and I'd save money on their health care. I just never thought it was appropriate for me to be on their health care. I just don't know that I want to be taking that benefit from the taxpayer, necessarily. Even after the (24 percent increase) it would save me money to be on that health care plan."
City pension eligibility: Not yet eligible.
City health care coverage: Single coverage. He recently married and plans to add his wife to his insurance.
Notable actions during this year's benefits debate: Voted for the
Quote: "I have talked to my constituents about this issue and the large majority of those in
City pension eligibility: Not yet eligible.
City health care coverage: Covered under the city's premier plan family coverage.
Notable actions during this year's benefits debate: Fullilove voted against the
Quote: Fullilove said she's suffered financially as a result of the premium increase. "That's why I'm so empathetic and sympathetic with what (employees and retirees) are going through. And I have been trying to do what I could do to try to bring that down."
City pension eligibility: Not yet eligible
City health care coverage: Covered under the city's premier plan family coverage.
Notable actions during this year's benefits debate: Halbert voted against the
Quote: Halbert said
City pension eligibility: Not yet eligible.
City health care coverage: Not covered.
Notable actions during this year's benefits debate: Harris voted against the
Quote: Harris said he's chosen health insurance coverage through his job as a University of
He said he sees the health care issue as separate from the pension cuts. Harris is 36 and said he grew up in a generation that's used to 401(k)-style pension plans. He chose one through the University of
City pension eligibility: Not yet eligible.
City health care coverage: Covered under the city's premier plan family coverage.
Notable actions during this year's benefits debate: Voted for the
Quote: Hedgepeth said he voted to increase his own premium and that his benefits situation doesn't have any impact on his vote. "We need to become more in line with what the private sector is doing."
City pension eligibility: With more than 22 years of service credited, Lowery will be eligible for a city pension, currently estimated at
City health care coverage: Covered under the city's premier plan family coverage.
Notable actions during this year's benefits debate: Voted for the
Quote: "So while many people thought I might not have been in the plan and I might not have been affected, they were wrong ... I voted for the best interest of everyone in the city and not for the best interest of those in the plan."
City pension eligibility: Not yet eligible.
City health care coverage: Not covered.
Notable actions during this year's benefits debate: Voted for the
Quote: Morrison said the votes he took were in the best interest of the taxpayers. "My premium increases every year. Almost everyone's increases every year." But he said the city should move carefully with pension benefits to ensure it remains competitive in recruiting.
City pension eligibility: Not yet eligible
City health care coverage: Not covered.
Notable actions during this year's benefits debate: Voted for the
Quote: Asked about the influence his coverage situation had on his votes, Strickland said, "It had no impact."
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