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Welcome to the Association of Retired Houston Municipal Employees (ARHME) home page.
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    To set up your donation to ARHME through an automatic contribution click here.
Make a promise to yourself to not miss ARHME's next fun filled and enjoyable social event.
Those who attended ARHME's First Social, May 12, 2012, had a great time and dined on an excellent meal.
One couple drove more than 130 miles from north of Huntsville to attend this event and felt it was well worth the trip.

Click here to view the slide show of the event.
  • ARHME hosts many events that provide retired Houston Municipal Employees with excellent opportunities.

  • Speakers are key figures directly involved in elements that affect each of us.

  • Lively, open questions are the order of the day that spill over from the featured presentations into the enjoyable luncheons affording retirees an opportunity to catch up with old friends and make new friends.

If you want to be part of an organized advocacy group that
represents your interest in pension and health benefit matters,
join ARHME now by clicking here. There are no membership dues.
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If you are a City of Houston municipal retiree and have questions about your pension benefits, please call
the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System at  713-595-0100  or toll free at  1-800-858-1450.
Federal Early Retiree Funds   MIA - Not all the Federal Early Retiree Reinsuance Program funds were used to offset retiree insurance rates as they were supposed to.
Posted May 11, 2012
Agenda   Board of Directors Meeting Agenda for May 7, 2011
Posted May 5, 2012
There Are No Pension “Secrets”!   HMEPS response to the negative campaign.
Posted March 28, 2012
Houston Chronicle
Explains Its Stance		   Houston Chronicle appears to be trying to explain their previous position as it relates to the three City pensions.
• Link to the article as posted by the Houston Chronicle.
• If the link is not available click here to view their complete article.
Posted March 21, 2012
Upcoming General Meeting
 Save the date   
June 18th at 11a.m		   Upcoming ARHME General Meeting -
June General Membership Meeting to be held on June 18th at 11a.m.
More information will be posted as details are finalized.
Posted February 29, 2012
Critically important letter from George Bravenec to the Houston Chronicle.         
Posted February 29, 2012        
ARHME's counter to continuing negative pension publicity   George Bravenec sent this linked to letter to the Houston Chronicle February 22, 2012. Apparently, the Chronicle has chosen NOT TO publish our side of the story. Read what they will not publish and then make sure as many people as possible see George's letter.
General Meeting   ARHME General Meeting - Monday, January 23, 2012
Report on the general meeting.
Posted February 10, 2012
Commercial Exhibitor Form   Commercial Exhibitor Form to be used to display at ARHME General Meetings
Posted February 4, 2012
—  Posted January 26, 2012  —  
  • HMEPS has made it possible for ARHME members to contribute to the financial support of ARHME through a 'Payroll Deduction Form'.

  • HMEPS will administer the process and forward the funds to ARHME.

  • Here are three documents - One contains the instructions for filling out the form, the form itself
    and the third is a form to stop your deduction.
  Instructions for Deduction Form


ARHME Payroll Deduction Form


Stop Deduction Form 		 
Pension Reform   Mayor Annise Parker says pension reform is necessary.
Posted January 24, 2012
General Membership Meeting Update   LAST MINUTE SPEAKER UPDATE FOR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING.
Max Patterson REPLACES Representative Anna Hernandez Luna
Posted January 22, 2012
See three new and important Helpful Links below
General Membership Meeting   General Membership Meeting Meeting will be Jan 23, 2012 at EB Cape.
Growing threats against our pension.
Posted January 4, 2012
  The Association of Retired Houston Municipal Employees (ARHME) is a voluntary non-profit organization benefiting retired municipal employees of the City of Houston. ARHME has three broad missions:

(1) To inform and educate retirees of the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System (HMEPS), active City employees, and elected and appointed officials on matters concerning municipal pensions and benefits,
(2) To take such action as necessary or appropriate to protect and preserve municipal retirement benefits,
(3) To provide a means for City municipal retirees to stay connected with one another.
 
Send information about activities you are involved with and other social activities to ARHME.
Tell us about your vacation places or your travels you'd like to share with others through this site.
Helpful Links: • Programs and activities available through the City Parks and Recreation Department for seniors
• Texans for a Secure Retirement
• Battle brewing over Texas public pensions
• HMEPS - Houston Municipal Employees Pension System
• Houston Employee Relief Organization
• National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS)
• Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems
Click here for the application form to be used by commercial interests
to display their service or product at our general membership meetings.
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Municipal Employees (ARHME)		 The ARHME telephone number is
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Web site last updated: May 15, 2012
Web site developed and maintained by Gary Nathanson.
Unless otherwise indicated all photos are by Gary Nathanson.