CPPA's Call To Increase the Cities Contribution to OP&F

Good afternoon Brothers and Sisters,

The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association, The FOP of Ohio, the Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters and our other partners in public safety are once again in need of your help. As you remember, we attempted to get the Ohio Legislature to pass an employer increase in the amount they pay to the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund.   We were successful, with your help, in getting the bill passed in the House but we ran out of time in the Senate.

Now, we are trying to amend our priority into the Ohio Budget, which is before the Ohio Senate. We have gotten a couple of Senators to introduce an amendment that says the employer contribution will increase over a period of 5 years to an amount that would equal what our employers pay for firefighters. After parity is achieved, an actuarial study will be done every 3 years and the employer contribution can be increased or decreased by one half of one percent based on that independent study.   

We need you to do the following:

1. Call and Email your State Senator. We have attached a list of the Senators and their contact info. At the  bottom  of this email, we will provide a sample script for you to use.
2. Ask your family and friends to contact them as well.
3. Be professional but be firm because without increased funding, we will be looking at decreased benefits.
4. Let us know if you get a commitment to vote in favor or against our amendment.

Time is of the essence, the budget amendments will be adopted or rejected soon. Please call and email today.

RECOMMENDED SCRIPT

Hi, my name is ________________, and I’m a member of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association. I work at the Cleveland Division of Police and I’m calling to share why, as a first responder, I hope you’ll support an amendment to the Ohio budget to strengthen the pension for Ohio's first responders.

[Use two or three of the fact points below as reasons you believe the representative should support a budget amendment in the Ohio Senate.]

• Over the past 10 years, Ohio’s first responders have seen cuts in benefits and increases in employee contributions to the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund.
• Employers’ contributions to the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund haven’t changed since 1986.
• There are only two solutions to this problem – add funding or cut more benefits.
• Without action the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund will fall below the 30-year funding minimum
• The amendment layers in modest increases in the employer share of police and fire pensions over five years and also increases the employee contribution as well
• The legislature can support first responders or, if they don’t respond, they’ll force further benefit cuts for police and fire retirees.

Mobile users, use the this link: https://www.ohiosenate.gov/members/district-map

District Name          Party Phone                 Email

1      Rob McColley      R 614-466-8150 Mccolley@ohiosenate.gov

2     Teresa Gavarone         R 614-466-8060 Gavarone@ohiosenate.gov

3 Michele Reynolds      R 614-466-8064      Reynolds@ohiosenate.gov

4 George Lange            R 614-466-8072 Lange@ohiosenate.gov

5 Stephen Huffman      R 614-466-6247 Huffman@ohiosenate.gov

6 Willis Blackshear      D 614-466-4538 Blackshear@ohiosenate.gov

7 Steve Wilson      R 614-466-9737 Wilson@ohiosenate.gov

8 Louis Blessing      R 614-466-8068 Blessing@ohiosenate.gov

9 Catherine Ingram       D 614-466-5980 Ingram@ohiosenate.gov

10 Kyle Koehler              R 614-466-3780 Koehler@ohiosenate.gov

11 Paula Hicks-Hudson D 614-466-5204 Hudson@ohiosenate.gov

12 Susan Manchester    R 614-466-7584 Manchester@ohiosenate.gov

13 Nathan Manning        R 614-466-7613 Manning@ohiosenate.gov

14 Terry Johnson     R 614-466-8082 Johnson@ohiosenate.gov

15 Hearcel Craig     D 614-466-5131 Craig@ohiosenate.gov

16 Beth Liston             D 614-466-5981 Liston@ohiosenate.gov

17 Shane Wilkin              R 614-466-8156 Wilkin@ohiosenate.gov

18 Jerry Cirino             R 614-466-7718 Cirino@ohiosenate.gov

19 Andrew Brenner        R 614-466-8086 Brenner@ohiosenate.gov

20 Tim Schaffer               R 614-466-8076 Schaffer@ohiosenate.gov

21 Kent Smith              D 614-466-4857 Smith@ohiosenate.gov

22 Mark Romanchuck    R 614-466-7505 Romanchuk@ohiosenate.gov

23 Nickie Antonio      D 614-466-5123 Antonio@ohiosenate.gov

24 Thomas Patton           R 614-466-8056 Patton@ohiosenate.gov

25 William Demora      D 614-466-4583 Demora@ohiosenate.gov

26 Bill Reineke              R 614-466-8049 Reineke@ohiosenate.gov

27 Kristina Roegner        R 614-466-4823 Roegner@ohiosenate.gov

28 Casey Weinstein      D 614-466-7041 Weinstein@ohiosenate.gov

29 Jane Timken              R 614-466-0626 Timken@ohiosenate.gov

30 Brian Chavez              R 614-466-6508 Chavez@ohiosenate.gov

31 Al Landis             R 614-466-5838 Landis@ohiosenate.gov

32 Sandra O'Brien     R 614-466-7182 O'brien@ohiosenate.gov

33 Al Cutrona             R 614-466-8285 Cutrona@ohiosenate.gov

WITH YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL, E-Mail your State Senator from above. Click or tap the email button below. The Script is attached, clean it up for your name and selected bullet points.  

DO NOT USE YOUR CITY EMAIL!!!!