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<br /> <br />Investments <br /> <br />Approximately ninety-seven percent of the Relief’s assets are invested through The Parr <br />McKnight Wealth Management Group, of Wells Fargo Advisors. The Parr McKnight Group <br />specializes in working with relief associations to help them formulate an investment policy <br />statement, manage and supervise their investments, receive on going trustee education and <br />assist in the reporting process. They currently work with over 65 relief associations in the <br />State. The relief association has adopted an Investment Policy Statement for the investment <br />for our pension fund. Our target investment allocation is sixty percent in stocks, thirty-five <br />percent in bonds and five percent in cash. We rebalance to our target allocation annually. <br />The Relief Board believes in long-term investing and has resisted attempting to time market <br />moves. <br /> <br />Funding Ratios <br /> <br />The ERFD relief Board believes that it has fiduciary responsibilities to both the membership <br />and to the Council. The responsibility to the membership is to seek the highest financially <br />sound benefit level. The responsibility to the Council is to not expose the city to any <br />financial risk which could lead to mandatory contributions. Even with a 13.3% increase for <br />2019 we are projecting a funding ratio over 100%. <br /> <br />Action Requested <br /> <br />Approve 13.3% benefit increase. This would change the yearly benefit level from $6,285 to <br />$7,120. <br /> <br />The Relief Association membership thanks the Council for its past and future support.