Healdburg City Council has been wrestling with its pension costs and debt for more than a year.
Council has already lowered costs by a debt account established when it joined CalPERS.
In addition, the city this summer established a second tier of lower pension benefits payments for new hires.
Nonetheless, as expected, candidates challenging incumbents in the upcoming Healdsburg City Council election are focusing on pensions, according to the Press Democrat.
The article says the four non-incumbents in the six-way race for three seats on City Council are all raising the pension issue.
To read the article, click here.
To see a rundown and Patch profile on each of the six candidates, click here.
