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Hampden County retirement board members say ‘system is sound,’ but some officials unsatisfied with answers about audit
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
Members of the Hampden County Regional Board of Retirement say they are confident they can continue managing the system, despite a recent audit flagging issues with the board’s spending and questioning documentation but several representatives from communities within the system say they aren’t convinced.
In a discussion that was at times heated Wednesday, the five board members as well as Executive Director Julianne Bartley fielded questions from town officials across Hampden County. The participant list included board Chairman and Treasurer Richard M. Theroux and board members Patricia C. Donovan, Karl J. Schmaelzle, Patrick O’Neil and Laurel A. Placzek.
No action taken at Longmeadow Town Meeting
Updated Dec 09, 2020;
According to Moderator Rebecca Townsend, the meeting lasted one minute.
“The meeting went as smoothly as it possibly could have gone,” she said in a statement. “There was no discussion; the votes on the motion to take no action and dissolve were unanimous.”
“People understood the need to avoid gathering, and the need to dissolve this meeting,” said Townsend, who had previously postponed the meeting several times based on concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. “I appreciate that the community placed their trust in this process. I got a couple of contacts (email, call) glad that it went as it did. I’ve not heard complaints. It was such a tough position for the town to be in, and I am glad we were able to come to a solution that preserved the peoples’ rights and safety.”