If passed, the change would allow Municipal Police Training Committee Executive Director Robert Ferullo to earn both a $150,000 salary and his municipal pension.
Gov. Maura Healey is looking to exempt a single position from laws that block government retirees from cashing in on both their state-funded pension and a full-time salary from the state.
Healey proposed in the budget last month to exempt the executive director of the Municipal Police Training Committee from the current post-retirement employment limits. As of now, the annual 1,200 hour cap, which was raised by former Gov. Charlie Baker in 2021, is set on pension-earning government retirees who go back to work in the public sector.
The 1,200 hours amounts to approximately a 23-hour work week.
“There is significant benefit to having an experienced leader who has spent their career in law enforcement serve as Executive Director of the MPTC to train the next generation of police,” said Karissa Hand, a spokesperson for Healey. “This proposed change aims to improve our ability to recruit and retain qualified talent for this important position.”