Board of Trustees - Employees Retirement System

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MISSION

The Board of Trustees was created to administer, manage, and operate the retirement system and to make effective the provisions of Ordinance Chapter 2.96 and 2.97 (the Defined Contribution Retirement Plan), as well as 2.98 (Police and Fire Revised Retirement Plan), subject to such powers as retained by the City Council. 

MEMBERS

  • Mark LaBerge, Chair
          Year Appointed: 2016
  • Eileen McDonnell
         Year Appointed: 2026
  • Steve Schoonover
         Year Appointed: 2025
  • Michael Valdez
          Year Appointed: 2024
  • James Wenson
          Year Appointed: 2021

OVERVIEW

The Board of Trustees shall consist of five members for four-year terms, as follows:

  1. The Mayor or the Mayor’s designated administrative representative
  2. A member of the City Council to be selected by the Council (to serve at the pleasure of the City Council)
  3. A member of the Civil Service Commission to be selected by the Civil Service Commission (to serve at the pleasure of the Civil Service Commission)
  4. A police or fire member to be elected by the police and fire members
  5. A member of any retirement plan established by City ordinance other than police and fire members

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