Matt Giacobbe Quotes

You're absolutely right. Contracts can vary. Rates can vary. Pays can vary. ... Only in the area of retiree health benefits has the Legislature spoken. - Matt Giacobbe

The problem you have is if you don't act on it, your ordinance ... does not comport with state law. I don't want you to get sued. - Matt Giacobbe

The problem with retirees is once you're a retiree, you're no longer a member of a collective bargain agreement. - Matt Giacobbe

Right now, the way your law is written, if a police officer gets shot in the line of duty, he gets accidental disability retirement. ... He gets no health benefits. - Matt Giacobbe

In your passage of this ordinance, we're not saying that we're paying the medical bills of people who in the past didn't qualify. I don't foresee that being a problem whatsoever. ... It's relatively limited to the area of disability retirement. - Matt Giacobbe

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