Resolution No. 03-08 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
RESOLUTION NO. 03- 00
A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES TO COORDINATE THE
FILING OF AN APPEAL ON THE CITY'S BEHALF, THROUGH OUTSIDE COUNSEL, FROM THE
RATE INCREASE RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM(PERS)
WHEREAS, eight public employers brought suit again the Oregon Public Employee Retirement System in
Marion County Circuit Court; and
WHEREAS, those employers claimed they were being overcharged in the calculation of employer
contribution rates; and
WHEREAS, Judge Paul Lipscomb has returned the case to the Oregon Public Employee Retirement
System Board with instructions to update employee mortality tables, issue new employer rate orders for
1998 and 2000, and make a new earnings allocation order for the 1999 investment year; and
WHEREAS, the Oregon Public Employee Retirement System Board has yet to comply with these
instnictions; and
WHEREAS, the Oregon Public Employee Retirement System Board adopted the proposed employer rate
inercases at its February 2003 regular meeting; and
WHEREAS, the proposed employer rate increases would be less if the Board had complied with Judge
Lipscomb's instructions;
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Tigard City Council that:
SECTION 1: The City of Tigard authorizes the League of Oregon Cities to coordinate the filing of an
appeal on the City's behalf, through outside counsel, from the rate increase received from
PERS.
SECTION 2: This resoluti
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PASSED: This Jf day of—MaACA-, 2003.
ATTEST: ayo - ity igard
City Recorder- City of Tigard
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