Res 1984 - 74 Resolution on the Public Employees Retirement SystemCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 84- 74
RESOLUTION ON THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
WHEREAS, most of the employees of the City of Mendota Heights belong to
the Public Employees Retirement Association; and
WHEREAS, a number of Public Employees Retirement Association Board members
have raised significant questions relating to PERA Board election procedures,
to the appointment process used to hire an interim Executive Director of the
Public Employees Retirement Association, as well as other administrative matters;
and
WHEREAS, the present method for electing PERA board members results in
electing only those with such financial backing as to permit expensive mailed
information campaigns, permitting a single organization or individual to determine
board membership; and
WHEREAS, greater diversity on the board would assure that decisions of that
body are better considered;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Mendota
Heights, Minnesota, requests the following actions:
1. That the legislature conduct an investigation into PERA Board election
practices and also into the administration of PERA.
2. That the legislature consider amending the statutes which determine the
method by which the PERA board is constituted to provide that three fewer
members shall be elected by the PERA general membership and three addit-
ional members shall be appointed by the governor from among non-PERA
member citizens of Minnesota.
3. That immediate action be taken to remove the interim Executive Director
and to provide for an open process to select a Public Employees
Retirement Association Executive Director.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this 16th day of October,
1984.
ATTEST:
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athleen M. Swanson
City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
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Robert G. Lockwood
Mayor