Retirement Board deadlocks on widow's overpayment waiver
Milton Retirement Board deadlocks on widow's waiver request. In a 2-2 split, board members Johanna McCarthy and Amy Dexter voted to deny the widow's appeal to waive a $1,551.82 overpayment from her late husband Stephen Murphy's May payroll, while Robert O'Melia and Kristen Murphy opposed the
Retirement Board · Meeting of July 30, 2026
Milton Retirement Board deadlocks on widow's waiver request. In a 2-2 split, board members Johanna McCarthy and Amy Dexter voted to deny the widow's appeal to waive a $1,551.82 overpayment from her late husband Stephen Murphy's May payroll, while Robert O'Melia and Kristen Murphy opposed the denial, leaving the matter unresolved; Attorney Matthew Feeney advised the board the statutory three-pronged test for waiver eligibility was not met. In other business, the board unanimously authorized a cyber security insurance contract for $8,904 total premium, approved two retirements and three new member enrollments, and awarded office assistant Lynne Hoye a three percent cost-of-living adjustment effective July 1, 2026.
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Source: the Retirement Board meeting of July 30, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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