(Correction: The Quincy Retirement Board’s legal counsel is Michael Sacco. His last name was incorrect in an earlier version of this story.)
QUINCY ‒ The Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission, which oversees the state’s public pension systems, has ordered the Quincy Retirement Board to rescind a vote which reclassified a city hall security guard from a pension group for general employees to one for police officers and firefighters.
In October, the five-member board unanimously approved the reclassification from Group 1 to Group 4, allowing security guard Steven Bartkus to retire earlier with a higher benefit rate, despite receiving a letter from the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission advising against it…