PASSED

This enacted measure amends Philadelphia’s Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP). It allows public safety employees in the Police or Fire Department who are in their fourth year of DROP to remain City employees for up to one additional year when the Mayor determines that staffing needs create an extraordinary threat to public health, safety, and welfare.

Amending Section 22-310 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP)," by providing an extraordinary extension for purposes of enhancing public safety for participants in the DROP program who are public safety employees, under certain terms and conditions.