Last month, New Orleans created a pension reform task force to recommend “fundamental” changes to the city’s Fire Fighters Relief & Pension Fund. On Tuesday, the task force met for the first time. The meeting was covered in the video report above.
The task force consists of:
– New Orleans Chief Administrative Officer Andy Kopplin
– Councilwoman Stacy Head
– Timothy McConnell, superintendent of the New Orleans Fire Department
– Paul Mitchell, Jr., deputy director of the pension board
– Thomas F. Meager, III, secretary and treasurer of the firefighters’ pension board
– Nick Felton, president of New Orleans Fire Fighters Association, Local 632
– Hardy Fowler, an accountant and the former managing partner of KPMG in New Orleans
– Scott Jacobs, an insurance and risk management professional
– Greg Rattler, Sr., a vice president at JPMorgan Chase & Co.