TRENTON -- Gov. Chris Christie said Monday he is seeking more "reforms" to New Jersey's perpetually troubled public-worker pension system, according to reports -- a development that has caught a number of union leaders by surprise.

In February, Christie unveiled a plan to move state lottery revenue to help pump money into the pension system, the most underfunded among all American states, according to the report. On Monday, the Republican governor told reporters he has been meeting with unions to discuss the lottery idea, according to a report by The Record.

"We're getting their input, as well, and their reactions because we're going to ask them in return also for some reforms to make the system more stable," Christie said, according to the report.

Christie said the reforms will be part of a "package" of bills that could be introduced to the state Legislature next month and be pushed through before the fiscal year ends in June, according to a report by Politico New Jersey. The governor did not detail what the reforms would be, saying only that they are "future-looking."

But the Communication Workers of America, the largest state workers union in New Jersey, said Christie had not discussed any reforms with them.

Hetty Rosenstein, the union's state director said the Christie administration "shared some information with us about the lottery."

"So far, that's all that happened," Rosenstein added. "There was nothing discussed at all about further pension cuts or health-care reform when it comes to the lottery. And no, there won't be a discussion when it comes to that."

Meanwhile, Dominick Marino, president on the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey, said Christie has not discussed changes with them, either.

"He has chosen to be 'selective' as to who he discusses anything with," Marino told NJ Advance Media.

The reforms, if enacted, would come in the final year of Christie's final term as governor. He leaves office in January.

Christie told reporters that he has not spoken at all with the New Jersey Education Association, the state's largest teachers union and his longtime foe. The governor, who has often publicly bickered with the union over his eight years in office, said the NJEA is "disjointed," according to the report.

Steve Baker, a spokesman for the NJEA, told The Record that no one from the governor's office reached out to them since Christie proposed the lottery idea in February.

Christie worked with leaders of the Democratically controlled state Legislature to enact a major pension overhaul in 2011 that included benefit cuts but a promise of larger payments from he state after years of neglect from governors of both parties.

But within years, Christie and state lawmakers did not make full payments in order to plug gaps in the state budget.

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