Rotondi v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

This case comes before us on the plaintiff’s application for direct appellate review of a decision of a judge in the Superior Court affirming a decision of the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB). It requires us to decide whether the $200 fixed annual compensation threshold set forth in G. L. c. 32, § 3 (2) (d), applies to elected officials who are otherwise eligible to become members of the contributory retire*645ment system for public employees and whether health insurance contributions and professional association dues paid on behalf of such an official are to be considered as “[fixed]…