City retirements pare $1.3 million

Eleven city employees – including a police captain, a fire captain, three firefighters and the director of the Public Works Department – have accepted early retirement offers, trimming nearly $1.3 million a year from the municipal payroll. Numerous city workers were offered early retirement packages so the city could cut its payroll to meet lean economic conditions. The retirees’ combined seniority with the city was 280 years. City officials have begun recruiting to fill three of the pos