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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

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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 ...
May 18, 2026
The Bellingham City Council's Public Works and Natural Resources Committee met on May 18, 2026 to review and discuss a proposed ordinance — Agenda Bill 24933 — that would add a new Chapter 11.05 to the Bellingham ...
May 12, 2026
The Whatcom County Council held a significant meeting on May 12, 2026, dominated by extensive public testimony and debate over the proposed Lummi Island ferry taxing district. The council passed the ferry district ...
May 12, 2026
Whatcom County's Public Works Department delivered a comprehensive quarterly update to the Council's Public Works and Health Committee during a brief 19-minute meeting on May 12, 2026. Director Costa presented updates ...
May 11, 2026
The Bellingham City Council held a compact regular meeting on May 11, 2026, completing business in under an hour. The meeting's most consequential action was the adoption of Resolution #2026-10, creating a limited-term ...
May 11, 2026
The Bellingham City Council's Parks and Recreation Committee met on May 11, 2026, for a single-item session focused entirely on AB 24926, a resolution to adopt the 2026 Parks, Recreation & Open Space Plan (commonly ...
May 05, 2026
The Whatcom County Council held a tense special meeting to consider AB 2026-340, a resolution establishing budget parameters for the proposed county jail and behavioral care center. The session revealed deep divisions ...

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.