Baltimore County Council Retroactively Ends Pension Policy Effective April 10 to Block Potentially Doubled Benefits
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Updated · Fox Baltimore · Jun 2
Baltimore County Council Retroactively Ends Pension Policy Effective April 10 to Block Potentially Doubled Benefits
3 articles · Updated · Fox Baltimore · Jun 2
A unanimous Monday vote moved the cutoff date for ending Baltimore County’s disputed pension policy to April 10 from May 11, closing any path for council members to retire under the old rules.
Under that policy, pensions for retiring council members could rise sharply and in some cases double because benefits were tied to future salary increases.
The rollback followed Councilman Wade Kach’s early-May resignation and mounting scrutiny that the council’s earlier actions could deliver a large pension boost.
Julian Jones, a longtime councilman running for county executive, said the council was taking the right steps, while critics including Democratic candidate Nick Stewart cast the issue as a major county scandal.
The new bill also requires any future changes to council pensions to be reviewed by the Personnel and Salary Advisory Board, adding oversight after the controversy.