Retirement Board

Wakefield Retirement Board approves March 2026 cash reconciliation and processes routine enrollments. Chair Daniel W. Sherman and all five members unanimously approved three new Group 1 members and Ralph Brown Jr.'s voluntary superannuation retirement effective June 27, after 29 years 7 months with

Retirement Board names Sherman chair, grants 3 percent COLA for FY27. The five-member board unanimously appointed Daniel W. Sherman as Chair, with Sherri Dalton continuing as Vice Chair, and voted to grant a 3 percent Cost of Living increase on the $16,000 COLA base effective July 1, 2026 — the

Retirement Board approves FY27 budget and onboards five school employees. The board unanimously adopted the Fiscal Year 2027 retirement budget and approved five new Group 1 members from the School department: Annie Richards, John Roberto, Philip Ciavardone, Diane Guptill, and Erin Maiolino.

Wakefield Retirement Board approves December cash reconciliation and retirement applications. The board voted unanimously to set the annual COLA hearing for April 22, 2026, and approved Police Officer Richard DiNanno for voluntary superannuation retirement effective April 1, 2026, after 42 years

Wakefield Retirement Board approves six new municipal employees and two superannuation retirements. The board unanimously enrolled Jackson McDermott (DPW), Shahida Ahmed and Rachael Graham (School), David Oliva and Alec Passacantilli (Fire), and Jillian Terry (Police). Michael Sullivan (Fire, 41