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Committee backs sending proposal to allow employer-funded deferred-comp contributions to full council
Summary
The Administration and Finance Committee voted to forward Proposal 75-2025 asking the city controller to modify the city/county deferred compensation plan so it can accept employer (nonelective) contributions; the change would apply going forward and would remove manual payroll/HR entry for elected officials.
The Administration and Finance Committee of the Indianapolis City-County Council voted to send Proposal 75-2025 to the full council with a “do pass” recommendation after a short presentation and brief questions.
The proposal, presented by Twana Ellis, director of human resources for the city and county, and Carla Carter, HR deputy director for total rewards, would authorize the city controller to modify the Indianapolis and Marion County Indiana deferred compensation plan to accept nonelective (strictly employer-funded) contributions. "My name is Twana Ellis. I'm the director of human resources for the city and the county," Ellis said when introducing the presenters. Carter summarized the request, saying the proposal "is to authorize the city controller to modify our deferred compensation plan to allow for nonelective contribution."
Supporters of the change said it is administrative: the plan currently requires manual entry by the elected official, city HR and payroll to comply with the referenced ordinance, creating extra steps and higher risk of error. Carter said the modification would "simplify administrative work and reduce the risk of errors by automating the process" and would let the city make contributions on behalf of elected officials so officials would not have to update their accounts unless they wanted to make additional voluntary contributions.
Councilors asked whether contributions would be applied retroactively. Councilor Nick Roberts (District 4) asked whether the change would be backdated to an official's start date. Ellis replied the change "would be from this point going forward with any type of increases or changes or future COLA. We've already taken care of everything else," indicating the committee was not approving retroactive contributions.
Following that exchange, Councilor Maggie Lewis moved to send Proposal 75-2025 to the full council with a do-pass recommendation; a second was recorded. The committee voted by voice; the motion carried and the item will advance to the full council. The transcript does not record a roll-call tally or any votes in opposition.
No dollar amounts, retroactive-pay calculations or detailed implementation dates were provided in the committee discussion. The presenters described the change as an administrative configuration update to the deferred compensation plan; they did not identify a timeline for when the controller would implement the modification beyond the committee action to forward the proposal.
The committee adjourned after moving Proposal 75-2025 to the full council.
