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A bill sponsored by two Anne Arundel County Council Republicans to raise the vesting period for pensions for council members, rendering them unable to earn pensions, failed to pass the County Council Monday night.
Anne Arundel County Retirement and Pension System terminated Southeastern Asset Management from its domestic large-cap value equity portfolio.
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The county’s top earner, according to personnel data acquired through a Maryland Public Information Act request, is Chief Administrative Officer Matt Power, who has a $219,349 annual salary this fiscal year.
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This year, voters passed all eight questions the council voted to add to the ballot. The questions ranged from extending term limits for council members to distinguishing between different types of emergency ordinances to making the charter gender neutral.
The Anne Arundel County Council voted in favor of making Juneteenth a permanent county holiday and to allocate $63.5 million of federal and state funding to county schools at Tuesday night’s council meeting.