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RESOLUTION SUPPORTING Ti-?~ COOP. DilCATiOi,i OF P.E.R.A.
AND O.A.S.D.I., end OPPOSING CERTAIN
Ai,~NDiNG PROVISIONS OP T}i P.E.R.A.
?Z~AEAS, the Public Employees Retirement Association program fails to
acknowledge and provide for mobi!i%y in employment, which mobility is a
major characteristic of contemporary society, and therefore, the retire-
men% program operates against the recruitment of qualified personnel into
the field of local government in the State of L1innesota; and
?[P~_R_EAS, the coordination of P.E.R.A. with the Social Security program
would permit mobi!i%y in employment without the loss of retirement credits
earned while in municipal employ, and further adequate death and disability
provisions to protect the family of the municipal employee; and
i. ZCEP. EAS, since the benefit payments under 'the Social Security program are
not fully funded by e~'~?!oyee and. employer contributions, and 'this deficit
is made up through general taxation, the municipal employee is forced to
contribute to the maintenance of a program from which he derives no benefice
and
?2-r~.p~As, experience with other retirement funds with excessive deficits
indicates that, when such funds were coordinated with O.A.S.D.i., 'the
deficits were substantially reduced over time; and
?[P~AS, both 'the League of .i'iinnesota L, lunicipalities and the Hennepin
County League of [,~lunicipa!ities have adopted resolutions calling for
the coordination of P.E.R.A. with O.A.S.D.!.; and
?~P~AS, the inclusion of an option feature in such legislation which would
permit current employees to select the retirement program most beneficial
to the individual would meet th~ dictates of equity constantly sought by
government:
hOlT, T5~REPOPS, BZ IT P~n-.SOL~.~D by the City Council of the City of
Columbia Heights as follows:
t. The City Council endorses and supports the proposal for coordin-
ation ef P.E.R.A. and O.A.S.D.!. embodied in Senate Pile 127 and
House Pile 263, and hereby urges the representatives of the 57t1~_,
57A, 32nd and 32B Districts, 'ho work for the adoption of this
legislation.
For the Reasons sat out above, the City Council opposes any leg-
islation which would perpetuate the present philosophy and program
of the Public Employees RetirementhAssociation, especially the
proposal embodied in Ylousa Pile 187 which would remove the limit-
etlon on individual salary deductions, and the representativ4s of
the citizens of Columbia Pieights are urged to oppose and. work for
'the defeat of such proposals.
3. The Clerk is herewith instructed to distribute copies of this res-
olution to 'the Governor of the State of Minnesota, representatives
of the above Districts and members of 'the legislative committees
concerned ~,~ith the subject legislation.
ADOP~D BY T~ CiTY coEr2~CiL OF Ti-_~ CiTY OF COL~J?~-~_!A I-~IGi{TS THIS 2'/th DAY
OP ~BRUARY, 1967. ~ .0
0f~a~ed by: King
Seconded by: jeska
Roll Cat! - Al! Ayes.
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