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Board debates whether to attest to no-contract-spiking under Batista v. ORS settlement; vote deferred
Summary
Trustees debated whether to pass a districtwide attestation requested under the Batista v. Office of Retirement Services settlement and ultimately deferred the item so staff can review salary schedules and return with more targeted language.
The board held a lengthy discussion about a statewide settlement in the long-running Batista litigation with the Michigan Office of Retirement Services (ORS) and whether Bloomfield Hills should pass a resolution attesting that the district did not "spike" final-average compensation for retirees. The settlement, reached in May 2025, allows employees who retired after 2021 to seek review of final-average compensation and includes a process in which a reporting unit's board can attest that certain pay increases were not made for the purpose of inflating pension calculations.
Superintendent West summarized the background and said the district likely has minimal exposure and…
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