Clarification

In the article “NCFPD employees to help with pension debt paydown” in Village News May 31, it was stated that the employees “gave up a full pay raise” to pay down the unfunded actuarial liability. This is not the case, and in fact later on in the article Chief Abbott is quoted as saying that the employees agreed to give up a portion of a pay raise, which is more accurate.

Abbott said that this is an important distinction in that the full details of this arrangement will not be finalized for some time, and NCFPD would not want to send a misleading message. Its board, staff, and employee associa...