AURORA | Aurora residents can apply through the end of July for an upcoming opening on the board responsible for overseeing the pension of the city’s retired police officers.
The now-closed “old hire” pension pays monthly retirement benefits to 139 members, including Aurora cops hired before April 8, 1978, and their surviving family members. The main fund contained about $83.8 million at the end of March, according to a financial report published by the Aurora Police Pension Plan Board of Trustees.
The board consists of the current city manager, Jason Batchelor; the city’s finance director, Terri Velasquez; the mayor or his designee, currently former Aurora mayor Bob LeGare; three members elected by pension beneficiaries, right now Bill Bell, Steven Neumeyer and Mike Thode; and one citizen chosen by the board, John Nielsen.
Board members will select Nielsen’s replacement, who will officially begin their three-year term in January. Aurora residents and owners of businesses based in Aurora may apply through the end of the month for the volunteer position. The board meets one to two times per year.
For more information about the board and the application process, members of the public may visit AuroraGov.org/Boards or call plan administrator Eleanor Beeby at 303-739-6216.