2013-106-Resolution No. 2013-029 Recorded 4/4/2013REVIE�E�✓'�� l
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
A Resolution expressing support for Senate Bill
754, modifying provisions related to public * RESOLUTION NO. 2013-029
employee retirement.
WHEREAS, Deschutes County is a public employer within the State of Oregon, and, as such, is a
covered employer for the purposes of participating in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS); and
WHEREAS, Deschutes County will face a significant cost increase beginning July 1, 2013, related to
PERS; and
WHEREAS, without action by the 77th Session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly to enact meaningful
modifications to PERS, these cost increases will result in budgetary reductions to County programs and services;
and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 754 has been introduced for consideration before the 77th Session of the
Oregon Legislative Assembly; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 754 will modify PERS to reduce costs to all PERS-covered public employers
and will provide public employees and retirees with an adequate and stable retirement benefit; and now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners or Deschutes County, Oregon
strongly encourages the members of the 77th Session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly to enact the provisions
of Senate Bill 754.
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ALAN UNGER, Chair
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TAMMY BANEY, Vicel4hair
ANTHONY DEBONE, Commissioner
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March 27, 2013
Representative Jason Conger
J900 Court Street NE, H-477
Salem, OR 97301
Dear Representative Conger:
Board of Counter Commissioners
P.O. Box 6005 • Rend, OR 97708-6005
1300 NW Wall St, Suite 206 • Bend, OR 97701-1960
(541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202
www. co. deschutes. or. us
board @ co. deschutes. or. us
Tammy Baney
Anthony DeBone
Alan Unger
The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners wishes to communicate its strong support for
SB 754, which provides comprehensive reform of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement
System (,l'ERS).
Along with other public employers within the state of Oregon, Deschutes County is continually
challenged by the rising cost of maintaining PERS in its cutTent state. After years of rate
increases, the County will soon be faced, once again, with the necessity of allocating more
resources to PERS and fewer to the budgets which support critical programs and services that
our citizens rely on every day for their health, safety, welfare, and quality of life. We believe
that SB 754 represents a fair and methodical approach to balancing these needs with the
obligation to provide a stable retirement benefit to our valued public employees.
While the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners welcomes any effort that will help curtail
the unsustainable expense of PERS, the broad range of provisions within SB 754 and the
projected budgetary savings will do more to solve the problem than other more limited,
proposals. For this reason, we are joining the Oregon School Boards Association, the Oreon
Business Association, Associated Oregon Industries, and other groups in calling on the 77'
Session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly to enact SB 754.
Sincerely,
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
Alan Unge
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Tammy Vice Chair
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Anthony DeBone, Commissioner
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