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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 44-9608
of the
City Manager Pro Tern of the City of Eugene
REINSTATING THE CITY'S PERS POLICY AND
REPEALING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 44-94-12
The City Manager Pro tern finds that:
A. Measure 8, enacted by the voters of the State of Oregon, required that effective
January 1, 1995, employees of the State of Oregon and political subdivisions thereof contribute
six percent of their wages to any retirement plan or system of which they were members.
B. The City of Eugene (ttCitytt) participates in the Oregon Public Employees
Retirement System (ttPERStt).
C. On December 19, 1994, the City Manager executed Administrative Order No. 44-
94-12, ordering all employee contributions made to PERS pursuant to Measure 8 be made
through mandatory salary reduction. The mandatory reductions were to be remitted to PERS
by the City and treated as employer contributions under Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code.
D. Measure 8 has been nullified and the City intends to reinstate the policy in effect
prior to the execution of Administrative Order No. 44-94-12.
Now, therefore, based on the above [mdings, which are hereby adopted,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. Administrative Order No. 44-94-12 is hereby repealed.
2. The City hereby reinstates the PERS policy in effect prior to the execution of
Administrative Order No. 44-94-12.
3. Section 3-770 of the City of Eugene Human Resource and Risk Services Policies
APPM, as revised October 8, 1996, indicates that the City will pay the employee contribution
to PERS on behalf of eligible employees. A copy of the referenced section is attached hereto
as Exhibit A and incorporated herewith.
Dated this \ \ -t day of October, 1996.
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City of Eugene
Human Resource and Risk Services Policies
3-770 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM (PERS)
The City participates in the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). PERS requires two
contributions for each eligible employee: an employer contribution, paid by the City, and an employee
contribution of6% of the employee's salary. The City will pay (or "pick-up") the employee contribution to
PERS on behalf of eligible employees.
Human Resource and Risk Services
Revised: 10/8/96
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EXHIBIT A