Mobile and Baldwin County News
Retired Mobile police officers and firefighters could see their first permanent cost-of-living pension increase since the 1990s as the city nears the end of a 30-year debt payoff plan.
Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis is sponsoring a resolution that would give eligible city retirees enrolled in the Retirement Systems of Alabama a one-time bonus tied to their years of service.
Mobile's City Council unanimously approved a new Humana supplemental health plan for about 775 retirees, aiming to save the city $1.5 million.
Mobile has dropped adult children of city retirees, ages 19 to 26, from city-sponsored health insurance as of Jan. 1, a change finance officials say helps offset rising healthcare costs…