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Township Gets 1st Payment on $4M Plymouth Firefighter Pension Tab

Payment is a "good first step," but more negotiations needed to settle $4 million tab township says is owed by city.

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PLYMOUTH, MI — A long dispute between Plymouth Township and the city of Plymouth over firefighter pension costs appears to be drawing to a close.

Township officials formally agreed to accept a $330,558 payment from the city to partially cover its share of health insurance premiums for retirees who left the now-defunct Plymouth Community Fire Department from Jan. 1, 2012, through last year, The Plymouth Observer reports.

Township Supervisor Shannon Price told the newspaper the installment is a “good first step” toward paying down the $4 million the township claims the city owes for retirees’ health insurance and pension costs since the two entities parted ways on Jan. 1, 2012, dissolving a partnership that had been in place since 1995.

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Plymouth began partnering with Northville in 2012 to save money, according to the report.

Township and city officials are still working out settlement details to get the $4 million tab off the township’s balance sheets.

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