IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION requesting the Pension Plan Board of Trustees to commission an actuarial statement of the costs of implementing a proposal to increase the Pension Plan benefits of certain associates within the Sheriff’s Office.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 19385, February 6, 2017
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Legislature has become aware of a proposal by the Fraternal Order of Police, West Central Missouri Regional Lodge 50, which is the labor organization representing sworn deputy sheriffs and sergeants within the Sheriff’s Office, to increase the benefits of members of its bargaining unit under the Jackson County Employees’ Pension Plan, as is more fully set out in the document attached hereto as “Exhibit A”; and,
WHEREAS, section 105.665 of the Revision Statutes of Missouri requires that, before the Legislature can take any final action on such a change in plan benefits, the Legislature must cause to be prepared a statement regarding the cost of such change, meeting the requirements of the statute; and,
WHEREAS, the Pension Plan Board of Trustees is charged by section 1541. Jackson County Code, 1984, with the overall governance of the Pension Plan and, under the authority of that same section, may engage an actuary or other experts, advisors, and consultants to provide technical advice regarding the Plan; and,
WHEREAS, the Legislature finds it to be in the best interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County for the Pension Plan Board of Trustees to commission an actuarial statement of the costs of implementing the Fraternal Order of Police’s proposed increase in Plan benefits; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that the Pension Plan Board of Trustees be and hereby is requested to commission an actuarial statement of the costs of implementing the Fraternal Order of Police’s proposed increase in Plan benefits, meeting the requirements of section 105.665, RSMo.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 19385 of February 6, 2017, was duly passed on February 6, 2017 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________9_________ Nays _____0_______
Abstaining _____0_______ Absent ____0________
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature