Pension cost-of-living adjustment

Representing retired nurses, clerks and laborers, she demanded a $300 flat monthly increase for all retirees and asked the board to fund an actuarial study of the proposal.

A 2022 retiree, she asked for a share of the interest the county earns on retirement fund investments.

He warned that frozen pensions make county jobs hard to keep and fill, especially with illness risks, and urged better pay to retain workers.

A 77-year-old former housekeeper retired ten years ago, she said she is near homelessness and desperately needs a pension increase.

He walked through his own math arguing a 5% increase would only add $3.3 million a year and questioned claims about matching funds.

He gave a politically charged speech blaming state leadership for Pennsylvania's poor economic rankings and urged voting Republican to fund the COLA.

A retiree who received a Democratic Committee fundraising letter recounted the board's 'unaffordable' and 'law won't let us' explanations, did his own CPI math, and urged the board to act on a partial COLA.

Congratulated Commissioner Harvie on his primary win and asked the board to consider a "small, beautiful COLA in 2027" for pensioners.

A retired adult probation employee praised the county's new lower Bucks government services building, then urged the board to find money for a COLA, noting retirees have gone six and a half years without one.