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Council hears retirement-code cleanup; staff say changes align local rules with state law
Summary
James Mack, retirement director, explained proposed ordinance edits to align local retirement code with state law (RS 11), to replace ‘qualified domestic relations order’ terminology, remove a certified-mail-only provision and clarify retirement timing; council asked about potential impacts on the system's unfunded actuarial liability; no formal vote is recorded in the transcript.
Council members on Nov. 25 heard a detailed presentation from James Mack, retirement director, on proposed housekeeping amendments to the Employers Retirement System section of the City-Parish Code.
Mack told the council the ordinance language would correct statutory cross-references (changing an incorrect reference to RS 9 to the correct RS 11), replace the phrase "qualified domestic relations order" with "division of benefits order" (because the board is a public pension plan and not governed by…
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