Pensions for Recent City Retirees
Revised 3/8/2012

Lansing City Employee Compensation

The City has 2 separate retirement systems, the Police and Fire Retirement System and the Employees Retirement System (ERS). Membership in the Police and Fire Retirement System is restricted to Fire Department employees who hold the rank of firefighter or higher and Police Department employees who hold the rank of patrolman or higher. A description of the Police and Fire system can be found in this summary on the City's website and in section B of the actuarial valuation for the Police and Fire system.

The Employees Retirement System includes these groups: Teamsters, Exempt, District Court, Executive Pay Plan, Police 911, and UAW. Elected officials are excluded, but they are in a defined contribution plan to which the City contributes an amount equal to 6% of gross salary. A description of the Employees Retirement System can be found in this summary on the City's website and in section B of the actuarial valuation for ERS.

Listed below are details on pensions for some 2010 and 2011 retirees from each system. The information comes from pension calculation sheets obtained from the City with a FOIA request. You can see the actual pension calculation sheet by clicking on the retiree's name. Although all the retirements were in 2010 or 2011, this is not a comprehensive list. The people I requested pension calculation sheets for were identified by looking at hire and termination dates on the list of 2010 employees and by reading the minutes of Retirement Board meetings for 2011.

Except for the Fire Fighting Division of the Fire Department, salaries were calculated as hourly rate times 2080 (40 hours a week). For the Fire Fighting Division, salaries were calculated as hourly rate times 2799.94 (53.845 hours a week - see Work Week for Fire Fighting Division. Hourly rate comes from a list of City employees on the 2010 payroll.

Police and Fire Retirement System
The "multiplier" for this system is 3.20%.

For an explanation of why retirement age is missing for some retirees, go here.

Police Department

Name

Position

Retirement
Date

Age

Total Service

Purchased Service

FAC

Pension

Salary

Ramsey, Matthew J.

Detective

1/14/2010

48 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$68,829

$55,063

$61,194

Priebe, John P.

Detective

2/14/2010

48 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$67,289

$53,831

$61,194

Alley,  Mark

Chief

3/13/2010

48 y ? m

25 y 0 m

11 m

$112,944

$90,356

$109,075

Stevens, Mary

Sergeant

3/19/2010

47 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$77,122

$61,698

$67,184

Hudak , Jeffrey D.

Officer

5/14/2010

50 y 4 m

25 y 0 m

0

$80,603

$64,482

$57,179

Koenigsknecht, Frank

Sergeant

6/8/2010

53 y ? m

28 y 7 m

0

$74,358

$59,846

$67,184

Dionise, Joseph

Sergeant

6/14/2010

49 y ? m

25 y 0 m

2 m

$83,971

$67,177

$67,184

Lindeman, Andrew J.

Sergeant

6/14/2010

54 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$75,182

$60,146

$63,294

Meaton, Richard T.

Detective

6/14/2010

47 y ? m

25 y 0 m

6 m

$67,283

$53,826

$61,194

Person,  Stephen

Lieutenant

6/14/2010

49 y ? m

25 y 0 m

4 m

$85,198

$68,159

$73,923

Read Jr., Vern A.

Detective

6/14/2010

48 y ? m

25 y 0 m

7 m

$70,789

$56,631

$61,194

Relyea, Steven H.

Sergeant

6/14/2010

56 y ? m

25 y 0 m

2 m

$87,283

$69,827

$67,184

Schuelke, Scott

Sergeant

6/14/2010

47 y ? m

25 y 0 m

4 m

$83,330

$66,664

$67,184

Wirth, Dennis

 Officer

6/14/2010

47 y ? m

25 y 0 m

2 m

$67,596

$54,077

$61,194

Ferguson,  Bruce

Lieutenant

6/16/2010

50 y ? m

25 y 0 m

5 m

$83,133

$66,507

$73,923

Halverson, Kim A.

Detective

2/14/2011

49 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$66,975

$53,580

$61,194

Klaus, Larry S.

Lieutenant

2/14/2011

48 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$89,326

$71,461

$73,923

Barnes, William

 Officer

3/10/2011

52 y 3 m

25 y 0 m

0

$69,958

$55,966

$57,179

Blackman, David S.

 Officer

3/10/2011

48 y ?m

25 y 1 m

0

$66,083

$52,867

$57,179

Medrano Jr., Frank

Lieutenant

3/20/2011

46 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$91,386

$73,109

$73,923

Bey, Donald

 Officer

6/24/2011

55 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$63,798

$51,039

$57,179

Trost, Jay S.

Detective

8/19/2011

60 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$73,118

$58,495

$61,194

Janeski, Charles T.

Sergeant

9/15/2011

50 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$88,161

$70,529

$67,184

For the 23 police retirees above, pension averages 93.9% of salary.

Fire Department

*

Name

Position

Fire Sup
Division

Retirement
Date

Age

Total Service

Purchased Service

FAC

Pension

Salary

 

James, Timothy A.

Asst. Fire Chief

 

1/29/2010

 

25 y 0 m

0

$95,974

$76,780

$97,240

DD

Bowers, La Marr H.  

FIRENG02

Y

2/16/2010

 

14 y 3 m

0

$63,307

$42,205

$60,955

 

Ness, David T.

Battalion Chief

Y

5/7/2010

47 y ? m

25 y 8 m

0

$88,649

$70,919

$78,958

 

Burnett, Todd E.

Fire Captain

Y

6/14/2010

47 y 0 m

25 y 0 m

2 m

$77,266

$61,813

$68,095

 

Fulger Jr., Charles J.

ADMAST05

 

6/14/2010

58 y ? m

25 y 0 m

11 m

$81,574

$65,259

$71,718

NDD

Clemens, Bradley

FIRENG02

Y

6/15/2010

 

19 y 10 m

0

$71,160

$45,163

$60,955

 

Ford, David R.

Battalion Chief

Y

6/21/2010

46 y ? m

25 y 10 m

0

$87,945

$70,356

$78,958

 

Walsdorf, Joseph R.

Fire Captain

Y

6/21/2010

49 y ? m

25 y 0 m

2 y 7 m

$79,183

$63,346

$68,095

 

Huff Jr., Orval D.

Fire Captain

Y

6/23/2010

53 y ? m

25 y 0 m

2 m

$80,968

$64,774

$68,095

 

Smith, Paul M.

Battalion Chief

Y

6/23/2010

45 y ? m

25 y 0 m

2 m

$86,355

$69,084

$78,958

 

Haueter, Peter L.

Battalion Chief

Y

6/26/2010

48 y 7 m

25 y 0 m

2 m

$89,187

$71,350

$78,958

 

Perrone, Daniel A.

FIRENG02

Y

6/30/2010

45 y ? m

25 y 0 m

12 m

$69,382

$55,505

$60,955

DD

Hamel, Daniel L.

FIRFIGTR

Y

7/20/2010

 

10 y 7 m

0

$68,340

$45,560

$63,251

DD

Powers, Ryan D.

FIRFIGTR

Y

1/21/2011

 

10 y 7 m

0

$69,690

$46,460

$61,039

 

Doerr, David B.

MATALSP4

 

6/15/2011

50 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$77,264

$61,812

$68,120

 

Kirchen, Thomas J.

FIRENG02

Y

6/15/2011

55 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$71,103

$56,883

$60,955

 

Squire, James E.

Fire Captain

Y

6/15/2011

53 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$75,302

$60,242

$68,095

 

Holden, Walter M.

Fire Captain

Y

6/16/2011

51 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$77,860

$62,288

$68,095

 

Tolbert, Jerome C.

ADMAST05

 

6/18/2011

59 y ? m

25 y 0 m

11 m

$80,574

$64,459

$71,718

 

Pulver, Lynn A.

Fire Captain

Y

6/19/2011

49 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$80,767

$64,613

$68,095

 

Christainsen, William

Battalion Chief

Y

6/24/2011

55 y ? m

25 y 8 m

0

$91,328

$73,062

$78,958

 

Peacock, Matthew A.

Battalion Chief

Y

6/30/2011

46 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$90,657

$72,526

$78,958

 

Wojtysiak, Mark

Battalion Chief

Y

6/30/2011

47 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$91,586

$73,269

$78,958

 

Miller, Dennis L.

Fire Captain

Y

7/1/2011

53 y ? m

25 y 0 m

0

$87,860

$70,288

$68,095

 

Sabon, Philip D.

Fire Marshall

 

7/1/2011

49 y ? m

25 y 0 m

2 m

$95,398

$76,318

$78,478

    *

 

DD is duty disability. Pension is 2/3 of FAC until age 55, then it is recomputed.

NDD is non-duty disability. Must have 10 years of service to be eligible. Pension is computed the same as for regular retirement (service x FAC x 3.2%) with a maximum of 2/3 of compensation of either a full paid patrolman or firefighter at date of retirement.

For details, see page B-1 of the 2009 Actuarial Valuation Report or this document on the City's website.

For the 21 age and service fire retirees above, pension averages 91.3% of salary.

 

Employees Retirement System

Name

Position

Retirement Date

Age

Total Service

Purchased Service

FAC

Multiplier

Pension

Salary

Donald A. Ballard

Golf Manager

1/14/2010

56 yrs 11 mos

31 yrs 2 mos

0

$95,683

2.80%

$83,499

$92,082

Jimmy L. Butt, Jr.

Senior Programmer

6/30/2010

57 yrs 10 mos

24 yrs 6 mos

0

$68,737

2.80%

$47,154

$63,045

Thomas Korkoske Accounting Manager 5/14/2010 55 yrs 2 mos 35 yrs 0 mos 2 yrs 11 mos $97,611 2.80% $96,757 $94,411
Terese Horn Office Manager 8/31/2010 58 yrs 2 mos 22 yrs 11 mos 0 $61,995 2.80% $39,780 $60,466
John Kutt Supervisor, Finance 6/30/2010 53 yrs 2 mos 32 yrs 9 mos 3 yrs 6 mos $78,704 2.80% $72,172 $76,814
Christine Kutt Finance 6/30/2010 52 yrs 2 mos 33 yrs 6 mos 3 yrs 0 mos $50,648 2.80% $47,508 $44,637
John  M. Roberts, Jr. Deputy City Attorney 6/25/2010 66 yrs 8 mos 24 yrs 4 mos 0 $102,872 2.80% $70,090 $102,211
John Hodges Senior Planner 9/28/2010 61 yrs 11 mos 12 yrs 0 mos 5 yrs 0 mos $59,389 1.80% $12,828 $60,008
Tom Trayler Waste Water Worker 5/27/2010 62 yrs 0 mos 15 yrs 4 mos 0 $43,213 2.75% $18,221 $41,246
Kim Mingus System Analysis Mgr 6/30/2010 54 yrs 11 mos 25 yrs 2 mos 2 yrs 0 mos $76,352 2.80% $53,098 $73,091
Denise Lynch Coordinator 6/30/2010 56 yrs 7 mos 26 yrs 2 mos 3 yrs 0 mos $56,180 2.80% $41,161 $54,371
Edward L. Monroe Equipment Mechanic 6/30/2010 61 yrs 7 mos 24 yrs 10 mos 0 $53,308 2.75% $36,405 $47,091
Robert Antekeier Supervisor 6/30/2010 52 yrs 2 mos 26 yrs 4 mos 5 yrs 0 mos $84, 534 2.80% $62,330 $63,045