43 retirees from 2010, 2011 and 2012

42 Police & Fire Retirees from 2010, 2011 and 2012

Before April 2013, when a state law went into effect banning the release of information regarding the calculation of retirement benefits, I obtained pension calculation sheets for 42 Police and Fire retirees. You can see those documents by clicking the retiree name below. It is from those documents that I obtained the full retirement allowance, sometimes known as the straight life pension amount. Base pay and monthly retirement benefit comes from the document the City of Lansing provided to the Lansing State Journal for their August 10 story, Overtime spikes pensions for dozens of Lansing police, fire retirees.

"Survivor reduction" is the annualized monthly retirement benefit divided by the full retirement allowance. The highlighted percentages suggest that the pension was reduced due to the survivor option chosen at retirement:

If survivor option II is chosen, the survivor gets 75% of the pension after the retiree's death and the retiree's pension is 93% of the full retirement allowance.
If survivor option III is chosen, the survivor gets 86% of the pension after the retiree's death and the retiree's pension is 86% of the full retirement allowance.
Survivor option IV is for non-spousal beneficiaries. The reduced pension is actuarially determined based on the age of the member and the beneficiary at the time of retirement.

"Difference" is the dollar amount by which the full retirement allowance exceeds the annualized monthly pension. It is provided only when the amount is more than a few dollars.

"FRA/BP" is base pay as a percentage of the full retirement allowance. The retirement allowance exceeded base pay for 3 retirees and exceeded 90% for another 26.

	Retiree	Dept	Retirement Date	Base Pay	Full Retire Allowance	Monthly Ret Ben	x12	Survivor Reduction	Differ- ence	FRA/BP
1	Ramsey, Matthew J.	Police	1/14/2010	61,195	55,063	4,588.60	55,063.20	100.0%		90.0%
2	James, Timothy A.	Fire	1/29/2010	97,251	76,780	5,985.58	71,826.96	93.5%	4,953.04	79.0%
3	Priebe, John P.	Police	2/14/2010	61,195	53,831	4,171.93	50,063.16	93.0%	3,767.84	88.0%
4	Stevens, Mary	Police	3/19/2010	67,198	61,698	4,486.61	53,839.32	87.3%	7,858.68	91.8%
5	Ness, David T.	Fire	5/7/2010	78,481	70,919	5,909.95	70,919.40	100.0%		90.4%
6	Koenigsknecht, Frank	Police	6/8/2010	67,198	59,486	5,000.94	60,011.28	100.9%		88.5%
7	Dionise, Joseph	Police	6/14/2010	67,198	67,177	5,611.42	67,337.04	100.2%		100.0%
8	Lindeman, Andrew J.	Police	6/14/2010	63,310	60,146	5,078.10	60,937.20	101.3%		95.0%
9	Meaton, Richard T.	Police	6/14/2010	61,195	53,826	4,485.52	53,826.24	100.0%		88.0%
10	Person, Stephen	Police	6/14/2010	73,930	68,159	5,679.88	68,158.56	100.0%		92.2%
11	Read Jr., Vern A.	Police	6/14/2010	61,195	56,631	4,719.24	56,630.88	100.0%		92.5%
12	Relyea, Steven H.	Police	6/14/2010	67,198	69,827	5,950.13	71,401.56	102.3%		103.9%
13	Schuelke, Scott	Police	6/14/2010	67,198	66,664	5,555.36	66,664.32	100.0%		99.2%
14	Wirth, Dennis	Police	6/14/2010	61,195	54,077	4,506.38	54,076.56	100.0%		88.4%
15	Burnett, Todd E.	Fire	6/14/2010	68,121	61,813	5,115.51	61,386.12	99.3%		90.7%
16	Fulger Jr., Charles J.	Fire	6/14/2010	71,725	65,259	5,656.99	67,883.88	104.0%		91.0%
17	Ferguson, Bruce	Police	6/16/2010	73,930	59,067	4,509.86	54,118.32	91.6%	4,948.68	79.9%
18	Ford, David R.	Fire	6/21/2010	78,481	70,356	5,862.99	70,355.88	100.0%		89.6%
19	Walsdorf, Joseph R.	Fire	6/21/2010	68,121	63,346	4,773.61	57,283.32	90.4%	6,062.68	93.0%
20	Huff Jr., Orval D.	Fire	6/23/2010	68,121	64,774	5,397.86	64,774.32	100.0%		95.1%
21	Smith, Paul M.	Fire	6/23/2010	78,481	69,084	5,757.03	69,084.36	100.0%		88.0%
22	Haueter, Peter L.	Fire	6/26/2010	78,481	71,350	5,945.82	71,349.84	100.0%		90.9%
23	Perrone, Daniel A.	Fire	6/30/2010	60,958	55,505	4,539.05	54,468.60	98.1%		91.1%
24	Halverson, Kim A.	Police	2/14/2011	61,195	53,580	4,464.97	53,579.64	100.0%		87.6%
25	Klaus, Larry S.	Police	2/14/2011	74,669	71,461	5,955.10	71,461.20	100.0%		95.7%
26	Barnes, William	Police	3/10/2011	57,192	55,966	4,010.90	48,130.80	86.0%	7,835.20	97.9%
27	Blackman, David S.	Police	3/10/2011	57,192	52,867	4,405.54	52,866.48	100.0%		92.4%
28	Medrano Jr., Frank	Police	3/20/2011	74,669	73,109	5,665.95	67,991.40	93.0%	5,117.60	97.9%
29	Doerr, David B.	Fire	6/15/2011	71,725	61,812	5,150.98	61,811.76	100.0%		86.2%
30	Kirchen, Thomas J.	Fire	6/15/2011	60,958	56,883	4,827.73	57,932.76	101.8%		93.3%
31	Squire, James E.	Fire	6/15/2011	68,121	60,242	5,020.15	60,241.80	100.0%		88.4%
32	Holden, Walter M.	Fire	6/16/2011	68,121	62,288	5,190.66	62,287.92	100.0%		91.4%
33	Tolbert, Jerome C.	Fire	6/18/2011	71,725	64,459	5,158.30	61,899.60	96.0%	2,559.40	89.9%
34	Pulver, Lynn A.	Fire	6/19/2011	68,121	64,613	5,384.56	64,614.72	100.0%		94.9%
35	Bey, Donald	Police	6/24/2011	58,050	51,039	4,296.96	51,563.52	101.0%		87.9%
36	Christainsen, William	Fire	6/24/2011	78,481	50,976	4,291.71	51,500.52	101.0%		65.0%
37	Peacock, Matthew A.	Fire	6/30/2011	78,481	72,526	6,060.91	72,730.92	100.3%		92.4%
38	Wojtysiak, Mark	Fire	6/30/2011	78,481	73,269	6,082.85	72,994.20	99.6%		93.4%
39	Sabon, Philip D.	Fire	7/1/2011	78,481	76,318	6,359.85	76,318.20	100.0%		97.2%
40	Trost, Jay S.	Police	8/19/2011	62,113	58,495	5,093.31	61,119.72	104.5%		94.2%
41	Janeski, Charles T.	Police	9/15/2011	68,888	70,529	5,465.97	65,591.64	93.0%	4,937.36	102.4%
42	Hall, Raymond	Police	2/18/2012	83,342	73,178	6,171.62	74,059.44	101.2%		87.8%

With survivor option I, the spouse receives 50 percent of the retirement allowance after the retiree's death, and there is no reduction in the retiree's pension to pay for it. He gets the full retirement allowance, the same as the retiree who has no spouse or other beneficiary/survivor to receive a portion of his pension after his death.