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Firefighters Pensions

Bellingham's Firefighters' Pension Fund is a fiduciary fund holding pension assets and obligations for current and retired city firefighters. Revenue comes from the dedicated Fire Pension property-tax levy plus ...

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About this fund

Bellingham's Firefighters' Pension Fund is a fiduciary fund holding pension assets and obligations for current and retired city firefighters. Revenue comes from the dedicated Fire Pension property-tax levy plus investment income. Spending is benefit payments to retirees and beneficiaries.

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Discussed in meetings

Real Briefings that mention this fund.
Oct 05, 2026
The Bellingham City Council's Committee of the Whole convened on October 5, 2026, for a single substantive agenda item: a presentation and discussion of the Draft Regional Fire Authority (RFA) Plan, Agenda Bill 25078. ...
Oct 05, 2026
The Bellingham City Council's Public Health, Safety, Justice and Equity Committee met on October 5, 2026, with Committee Chair Dan Hammill presiding. The committee considered three items: an annual progress report from ...
Oct 05, 2026
The Bellingham Municipal Court held a regular in-custody arraignment and plea calendar on October 5, 2026, presided over by Judge Nicholas Henry. The session processed sixteen matters including guilty pleas, ...
Oct 05, 2026
The Bellingham City Council held its regular meeting on the evening of October 5, 2026, following a day of committee meetings and a special morning budget work session. The council took formal action on three ordinances ...
Oct 05, 2026
The Bellingham City Council convened a special meeting on the morning of October 5, 2026, for the first of three scheduled budget work sessions on the City's 2027 Preliminary Budget. The session covered internal and ...
Aug 04, 2026
Whatcom County's Council convened a special Committee of the Whole on August 4, 2026, called outside the regular schedule to address a narrowly scoped but consequential question: whether and how the county could restore ...
Jun 01, 2026
The Bellingham City Council's Budget and Finance Committee convened on June 1, 2026, for a single informational item: the formal kickoff of the city's 2027 budget development process. Mayor Kim Lund presented a memo ...
Jun 01, 2026
The Bellingham City Council's Public Health, Safety, Justice and Equity Committee met on June 1, 2026, chaired by Council Member Dan Hammill, with Council Members Huffman and Williams joining as committee members. ...
May 18, 2026
The Bellingham City Council Budget and Finance Committee convened on May 18, 2026, with three agenda items. The committee was chaired by Council Member Lisa Anderson, with two substitute members joining in place of the ...
May 18, 2026
The Bellingham City Council's May 18, 2026 regular meeting was anchored by a substantive and emotionally resonant presentation from the Keep Washington Working Act (KWW) Advisory Work Group, a citizen body formed by the ...

Sources: Bellingham adopted budgets and Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFRs); Chart of Accounts; Real Briefings meeting coverage. Real Record renders the published fund data in plain language; we don't change the numbers. Where the source publishes a different classification than ours, both are shown.