Jackson County pension change would allow double-dipping

Top Jackson County officials have been working behind the scenes since February, The Star has learned, to rewrite the county’s pension plan to benefit a single county legislator.

Garry Baker, a retired county employee, got a rude surprise shortly after he was picked in January to fill an unexpired term for the 1st District at-large seat after Jackson County Executive Frank White was named to his current job.

Baker’s monthly pension checks stopped when he started collecting his $35,000 annual salary as one of nine county legislators.

Like many public pension systems, Jackson County’s plan forbids county employees from collecting a county pension and a county paycheck at the same time.

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