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Westfield council orders forensic payroll review after MPERS flags missed retirement contributions
Summary
Council members discussed a decades-old missed retirement contribution identified by MPERS, the Clerk-Treasurer confirmed corrective payment and the administration said it will commission a forensic payroll audit to check for other errors dating to Westfield's incorporation.
The Westfield City Council on Tuesday discussed a decades-old payroll error after the Municipal Public Employee Retirement System (MPERS) notified the city that retirement contributions were not credited for a firefighter dating to February 2009. Clerk-Treasurer Marla confirmed she made the corrective deposit after MPERS contacted the city, and council members said the administration will commission a forensic payroll audit covering years since Westfield became a city.
City officials said the issue surfaced when the employee reviewed his MPERS account and MPERS contacted the…
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