EAST LONGMEADOW – The East Longmeadow Town Council has appointed Sidney Starks to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Councilor Thomas O’Connor in January.
Longmeadow Select Board formally calls for resignation of Hampden County retirement board, asks for state takeover
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
LONGMEADOW The Select Board has adopted a resolution of “no confidence” in the Hampden County Regional Board of Retirement that calls for immediate resignations and they’re asking other member communities to do the same.
The March 9 resolution calls for the resignations of Executive Director Julianne Bartley, the four board members and Chairman and Treasurer Richard M. Theroux, and asks for a state oversight commission to take over management of the system until they can be replaced.
The Select Board’s resolution also asks representatives of other communities and organizations with retirement funds invested and managed through the Hampden County Regional Retirement System to rally around their cause. The members asked their colleagues to “join us in this call for the resignation of the Board, Chair, and Executive Director of that
State commission says it will be back ‘sooner rather than later’ to check on Hampden County retirement board
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
Posted Mar 10, 2021
The Hampden County Regional Retirement System is headquartered at the Agawam Corporate Center, along with several other businesses and organizations. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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Members of the commission that oversees the state’s public pensions say they are following up on the findings of an audit of the Hampden County Regional Retirement System, and that the county retirement board’s members are committed to “cleaning up” the issues.
At the monthly meeting of the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission on Wednesday, Executive Director John Parsons updated members and staff on what has happened since the February release of the audit, which examined records from Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2017. Auditors flagged issues including questionable travel expenses, spending on services
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In wake of critical audit, local officials to question Hampden County Regional Retirement System board members Wednesday
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
While members of the Hampden County Regional Retirement System do not have the authority to remove those who sit on its governing board, interim Hampden Town Administrator Bob Markel is hopeful that if there’s enough outcry, change can come.
In a strategy session Monday attended by community representatives from the western edge of Hampden County in Chester to its eastern reaches in Wales, Markel spearheaded a discussion of the next steps in the wake of a critical audit released in February by the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission.