Larry Terch
21:00 - 21:29
"Uh, right now it's at about $110,000. And then the intent was, since we've never had that position before, to hire them as a non-PERS employee, saving us about 22.5% in PERS"
“Uh, right now it's at about $110,000. And then the intent was, since we've never had that position before, to hire them as a non-PERS employee, saving us about 22.5% in PERS”
- Speaker
- Larry Terch
- Timestamp
- 21:00 – 21:29
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- North Pole
- Captured at
- October 27, 2026
From the transcript
Is that correct, Will? Uh, right now it's at about $110,000. And then the intent was, since we've never had that position before, to hire them as a non-PERS employee, saving us about 22.5% in PERS and offering them some other form of retirement, whether that was a 3% match or come up with something that works for the city and for that employee.
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