The Benefits of Retirement Security… When a retiree receives a pension benefit payment, s/he spends it on goods and services — housing, food, clothing, medicines, a car or computer. These purchases create an important economic ripple effect. Every taxpayer dollar contributed to state and local pension plans supported …
Email Template – Variety 2 FPPTA’s 34th Annual Conference – June 23 – 27, 2018 This month in a special issue of the newsletter, we are sharing exclusive Q & A interviews with our keynote speakers for the 34th Annual Conference. Our theme this year is “It’s deja-vu all over again!”, because it feels like we’ve…
New NIRS Case Study Highlights Hidden Costs of Cutting Pensions February 12, 2018 Tallahassee – The National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) has released a new case study on the negative impact of cuts to retirement benefits for public safety personnel. The paper follows the domino effects of a decision by Palm Beach in 2012…
Generals Final.wlmp from FPPTA on Vimeo. What does it take to run a city? There are more than 625,000 municipal public employees serving Florida. In every city across the state this army of dedicated workers ensures the lights will come on, the water will flow and the traffic will roll. The median salary for…
What does it cost to train a police officer? The average cost of police academy training is $6,500, but according to the national Police Foundation, the real cost is a minimum of $100,000 in supervised on-the-job training and 18 months of probationary duty before an officer is ready for the job. In larger cities, it…
What does it cost to train a firefighter? The average cost of fire academy training is $5,300, but in Florida most firefighters are also EMTs or Paramedics which comes with an additional price tag of about $5,622. An associate’s degree in fire science is increasingly desirable and a four-year degree is required for promotions above…
Politico 11/14/2017 01:54 PM EDT By Matt Dixon Gov. Rick Scott wants to boost funding for Visit Florida to $100 million, an amount that could be unpopular with House members. Visit Florida was on the chopping block last session as House Republicans tried to zero out the program. House Speaker Richard Corcoran said that tax…