City Pension and City Finance News 2005

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• 10/4/05 - Read the Attorney General's opinion on legal issue regarding city charter amendments requiring retirement boards to change amortization schedule. (PDF: 1Mb) May affect November 2004 voter approved Proposition G.
• 9/22/05 - Chronology of Steps Taken by the City Council to Address the City's Retirement System (PDF: 564K)
• 9/16/05 - City Council and SDCERS Appoints James T. Waring to the SDCERS Board (PDF)
• 9/16/05 - City Council and SDCERS Appoints Thomas Hebrank to the SDCERS Board (PDF)
• 9/12/05 - City Council Votes to Direct the City Manager to Proceed With Evaluation of Options to Increase Funded Ratio of SDCERS Pension Fund. View the City Manager’s Report (PDF)
• 9/12/05 - View the Potential Pension Solutions PowerPoint Presentation Shown at Council (PDF: 238K)
• 9/8/05 - City Manager Reports Technical Error Found by the City’s Audit Committee (PDF: 432K)
• 8/30/05 - SDCERS Hires Independent Investigator and Votes to Release Documents to the City’s Independent Audit Committee (PDF: 29K)
• 8/08/05 - Read the City Auditor John Torell’s Department Reorganization Plan Represented at City Council
• 4/09/05 - City Manager Releases City’s 5 Year Financial Plan
• 3/30/05 - Compare City of San Diego Pension Benefits to Other Jurisdictions (PDF: 162K)
• 9/15/04 - City of San Diego Pension Reform Committee’s Final Report (PDF: 297K)

Media

• 10/1/05 - Union-Tribune’s Article on Superior Court Judge S. Charles Wickersham's Dismissal of the City Attorney’s Suit Against Former SDCERS Board Members
• 8/4/05 - Union Tribune Editorial on the City’s Audit Committee and the City Attorney
• 7/1/05 - City Labor Negotiator William Kay’s letter to the Union-Tribune Editorial: “The City’s Labor Contracts: How They Help Close the Pension Deficit.”
• 4/09/05 - Read the Union-Tribune’s Article on the City Manager’s 5 Year Financial Plan
• 2/20/05 - Councilman Peters’ Letter to the Union Tribune Editorial Page “San Diego is Taking Steps to Correct Pension Woes.”
• 9/11/05 - Union-Tribune’s Article: “Pension Mess Isn’t Unique to San Diego”
• 6/13/05 - Business Week Article on Public Pension Problems Throughout the Country