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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdmin Order 44-96-08 CO l-'Y 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 Administrative Order No. 44-94-12 is hereby repealed. 2.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. Vvc 1/ /tt/Z Nt1' tv ~"I\.U-t. N~' A City Manager Pro Tern Administrative Order - 1 /-' ~vrPER<; Page 1 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 ~ EXHIBIT A