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On September 1, 1992, Raymond W. Houle, Jr., Pawtucket's
director of public safety, wrote a letter "to whom it may
concern" in which he stated:
In accordance with the Collective Bargaining
Agreement between the City of Pawtucket and Local 1261,
International Association of Fire Fighters, Article XV,
Section 3 and Section 6 and also the Charter of the
City of Pawtucket, specifically, the revised
ordinances, Chapter 23, Section 23-2.2 Paragraph B.
Lieutenant William E. Levesque is hereby placed on
disability retirement on the normal retirement list for
Fire Fighters due to fact that he has been out 18
months on a service connected disability. Please
contact the Human Resources Division to fill out all
necessary paperwork in order that it can be processed
in a timely manner.
On September 4, 1992, Jack Rahill (Rahill), Pawtucket's
director of finance, wrote to Joyce about petitioner's service
retirement. Rahill stated in part:
Pursuant to c.1406 of the ordinance of the City of
Pawtucket, approved 06/29/73 and the current bargaining
agreement between the City of Pawtucket and the
I.A.F.F., the following figures are submitted for your
records. To insure accuracy please compare this data
with your calculations and notify me as soon as
possible of any errors in omission, calculations or
interpretation.
Rahill calculated petitioner's pension benefits on the basis
of the following information. On September 4, 1992,2 petitioner
had 31 years and 3 months of service as a firefighter. Pawtucket
awarded to petitioner a pension under section 59-21 of the
Pawtucket City Code equal to 60 percent of his average 3 highest
years' salary because he had more than 25 years of service when
2 The parties stipulated that petitioner had 31 years and 3
months of service as of Sept. 4, 1991. However, Exhibits 5-E and
7-G show that the correct date is Sept. 4, 1992.
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