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Town of Arlington, Massachusetts


Article 47
Warrant Article Title:
APPROPRIATION/MISCELLANEOUS
Warrant Article Text:

To see if the Town will vote the following: Legal Defense – To appropriate a sum of money to replenish the Legal Defense Fund established under Article 13, Section 5 of Title 1 of the Town Bylaws, Indemnification of Medical Costs, to appropriate a sum of money in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 100B of the General Laws, to indemnify certain retired Police Officers and Firefighters for all reasonable medical and surgical expenses which they incurred, determine how the money will be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto.

Requested by:

 (Inserted at the request of the Town Manager)

Report Excerpt:
Committee vote (14-0-1)
Vote Language:

That the sum of $10,810 be and hereby is appropriated for the following purposes:

A.  Legal Defense - To appropriate a sum of money to replenish the Legal Defense Fund established under Article 13 of Title I of the Town By-Laws - $0

B.  Indemnification of Medical Costs – $10,810

 

(To indemnify certain retired Police Officers and Firefighters for all reasonable medical and surgical expenses which they incurred during the previous calendar year that are the proximate result of the disability for which they were retired; and to defray the expenses of the Medical Panel required by law; provided, incurred expenses shall be considered for indemnification thereunder except only those such as are excess over covered benefits of any plan of Hospital, Surgical or other coverage which the retiree has or had available to him, either directly or through a member of his immediate family, which benefits shall be considered primary, and which must be disclosed by such plan, or by the physician, hospital or other medical personnel or facility with or without the consent of the retiree.)

 

Said sums to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Town Manager.

Additional Materials:
Finance Committee Report