Kossuth supervisors pause CoreBridge retirement plan over payroll, data and vendor concerns

Donna (staff) told supervisors that after the Sept. 24 discussion about moving retirement-investment funds to the state and signing a service agreement with CoreBridge, staff discovered operational requirements they could not meet. She said the service agreement had required a monthly CSV payroll worksheet, an ACH payment option the county does not provide, and the collection of employees' demographic data (date of birth, Social Security number, marital status) to transmit to a third-party contractor in the Philippines. Donna said those operational details—combined with language allowing additional administrative charges and uncertainty about who would handle payroll tasks—left staff uncomfortable moving forward without more information.