- 5 - 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.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
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