Nearly 70 support staff attended the 8th Annual MACPO Support Staff Conference on October 1, 2009 at the Holiday Inn in St. Cloud. The theme of this year's conference was safety and self awareness. Terry Fawcett from Arrowhead Regional Corrections presented on office safety and Ken Betterton presented on "Its All About the People." Les Schultz from Brown County Probation was back as host for the event, with his bad jokes and all. It was a great conference and feedback was very positive.
The MACPO Legislative Committee assigned an "Option 60" sub-committee
to look into an early retirement option for probation officers and corrections agents
funded by increased employee contributions to PERA.
PERA conducted an actuarial study in 2008, and the findings were presented
to MACPO on April 20th, 2009. Here are the results of the study in PDF format. Also, an informational newsletter was put together in October 2009, explaining the Early Retirement Option and how it works in PDF format.
