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On March 2 2019, Ragusta stated on the Matt Allen show that the tier 2 language was never in the 2012 or the 2015 contract. here is the link , go to the 2:30 mark and listen.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/wpro/vin-ragosta?tab=messages&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=user%3A10516014&utm_term=messages_button

Here is page 42 of the 2015 contract where the language is specifically stated. Also stated in the tentative agreement and in the ordinance. Signed by your buddy the crook Bill Lloyd.

ARTICLE XIV

SECTION 1. PENSION PAYMENTS

a. Payments into the Fire Department Pension Fund by employees of the department and the City shall be made in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Warwick Code or Ordinances, Chapter 20, Fire Protection and Fire Protection and Prevention.

b. In Tier I, each member who is an employee, the amount of the members' contributions shall be adjusted to one-third of the annual contribution rate for Tier I determined by the actuary in accordance with section 20-242(c). In Tier II, each member who is an employee, the amount of the members' contributions shall be adjusted to one-third of the annual contribution rate for Tier II determined by the actuary in accordance with section 20-242(c). The actuary shall evaluate Tier I and Tier II as a single fund for the purpose of determining the pension contributions for the city (the two-thirds share of the total), but shall determine separate employee contribution rates for members of Tier I and Tier II, reflecting one-third of the difference in the value of the benefit being provided under this plan for the two tiers.

Joe Penza went on Dan Yorke today and also stated that the language was not in the 2015 contract. It clearly is.

And you guys call it "bargaining in good faith"?

The defense rests.