To: Delrico J. Loyd, Governmental Operations Committee Chairperson
From: Anita Galajda
title
RE :Approval to create new MERS division
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Create a new MERS division for District Court Judges and Secretary/Recorders.
BACKGROUND:
MERS manages the retiree healthcare savings accounts for employees hired on or after 3/23/11. The accounts received contributions by Genesee County. All divisions have a vesting period of 15 years. If an employee separates from Genesee County before completing 15 years of service, the contributions are forfeited and recouped by the county for future contributions to active MERS accounts.
DISCUSSION:
When the City of Flint District Court merged with Genesee County District Court in 2015, a MERS account for the Judges and Secretary/Recorders were established in the non-union division group. However, the vesting period is problematic due to the age term limits. To address this, the new division would have a vesting period of ten (10) years, for the next five (5) years, thereafter returning to the non-union division with vesting of 15 years.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
Some administrative work to establish the new division
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
No direct impact; reduced potential forfeiture.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
N/A
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
N/A
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, directs the Human Resources and Labor Relations Director to work with the Michigan Employees Retirement System of Michigan (MERS) to establish a new division for District Court Judges and District Court Secretary Recorders with a vesting period of ten (10) years to be effective October 1, 2026, for a period of five (5) years (a copy of the memorandum request being on file with the official records of the August 12, 2026 meeting of the Governmental Operations Committee of this Board).