Fairmont City Council prepares next set of actions, bids 2023 adieu

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : According to Austin McVey, director of Social Security at the WV State Auditor's Office, the recent passage of a new addition to West Virginia's code mandates that all participating employers with members in the Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System hold a vote to determine if their members want Social Security coverage.
54% : "Before this code was passed, employees in the MPFRS were unable to have Social Security coverage," McVey wrote in an email.
54% : "The vote was to decide if these employees under MPFRS in the City of Fairmont would like to opt-in to paying into Social Security," Kirk wrote in an email.
52% : Firefighters opted into Social Security, while police declined coverage.
50% : The city also acknowledged the results of a vote that fire and law enforcement employees held to decide whether or not to opt-in to Social Security.
49% : "Prior to 2018, Fairmont officers were enrolled in a private pension plan and did not pay Social Security," Shine said in an email.
46% : "The Police officers in Fairmont under MPFRS voted not to have Social Security, the Firefighters in Fairmont voted to have Social Security taken out.

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