CC - 1988-58 - Deferred Compensation PlanRESOLUTION NO. 88-58
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
FOR A LEGISLATIVE BODY
RELATING TO A DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of.Rosemead has employees rendering valuable
services; and
WHEREAS, the establishment of a deferred compensation plan for
such employees serves the interests of the City of Rosemead by
enabling it to provide reasonable retirement security for its
employees, by providing increased flexibility in its personnel
management system, and by assisting in the attraction and retention
of competent personnel; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rosemead has determined that the
establishment of a deferred compensation plan to be administered by
the ICMA Retirement Corporation serves the above objectives; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rosemead desires that the investment of
funds held under its deferred compensation plan be administered by
the ICMA Retirement Corporation, and that such funds be held by the
ICMA Retirement Trust, a trust established by public employers for
the collective investment of funds held under their deferred
compensation plans and money purchase retirement plans;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Rosemead hereby
adopts the deferred compensation plans attached hereto and appoints
the ICMA Retirement Corporation to serve as Administrator thereunder;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Rosemead hereby
executes the Declaration of Trust of the ICMA Retirement Trust,
attached hereto as Appendix B.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager shall be the
coordinator for this program and shall receive necessary reports,
notices, etc., from the ICMA Retirement Corporation or the ICMA
Retirement Trust, and shall cast, on behalf of the Employer, any
required votes under the program. Administrative duties to carry
the plan may be assigned to the appropriate departments.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPT.
ATTEST:
- °,e Gl/GC~~i
CITY CLERK
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I-hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution 88-58 was duly and regularly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Rosemead at a regular meeting thereof held on
the 13th day of December, 1988, by the following vote:
Yes: DeCocker, Taylor, Bruesch, McDonald
No: None
Absent: Imperial
Abstain.: -None
71" CLERK
APPENDIX B
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DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
ICMA RETIREMENT TRUST
ARTICLE I. NAME AND DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Name: The Name of the Trust, as amerxW and restated hereby.
is 04 ICMA Retirement Trust.
Section 1.2 Definitions: yyherever they are used herein, the following terms
shell have the following respective meanings:
(a) By-taws The By-Leos referred to in Section 4.1 tiered, as amended from
tine to tans
lo) Deferred Compensation Plan. A deferred compersa0on plan established
and maintained by a Public Employer for the purpose of providing retire-
ment income and other deferred benefits to its employees in accordance
with the provisions of section 457 of the Internal Revenue Coda of 1954,
as amended.
(c) Employees. Those employees who participate in Qualified Plans.
(d) Employer Trust. A trust created Pursuant to an agreement between RC
and a Public Employer for the purpose of investing and administering the
funds sal aside by such Employer in connection with its Deferred Conpinv
cation agreements with its employees or in connection with as Qualified Plan.
(e) Guaranteed Irestrient Contract. A contract entered into by the Retire-
meth lust with insurance companies Mat provides for a guaranteed rate
of return on irwestmems made pursuant to such contract.
(ft ICMA. The International City Management Association.
(g) ICMAfRC Trustees. Those Trustees elected by the Public Employers who.
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1(a) hared, are also men -
bers of the Board of Directors of ICMA or RC.
(h) Investment Adviser The Investment Adviser that enters into a contract
with the Retirement Trust to provide advice with respect to investment of
the lust Property.
n Portfolios. The Portfolios d investments established by the Investment
Adviser to the Retirement Trust, under the supervision of the Trustees, for
one purpose of providing investments for the Trust Property.
O Pubic Employee Trustees Those Trustees elected by the Pubic Employers
who, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1(a) hied, are MI-tme
employees of Public Employers.
(W Pudic Employer Trustees. Pudic Employers who serve as trustees of
to Quaafied Plans.
G) Public Employer A unit of state or local government. or any agency or
is tnaintalty thened, that has adopted a Deferred Compensation Plan or
a Oualiied Plan and has executed tits Declaration of Trust.
(m) Qusliied Plan. A plan sponsored by a Pudic Employer for the purpose
of prowding retirement income to its employees which satisfies ft qualifi-
cation requirements of Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, as
amended.
(n) RC. The Inernatior l City Management Association Asia~ Corpo-
ration.
(o) Retirement Trust. The Trust created by this Declaration of Trust.
(p) Trust Property. The amounts held in the Retirement Trust on behalf of the Public
Employers in connection with Deferred Compensation Plans and on behalf of the
Public Employer Trustees for the inclusive benefit of Employees pursuant to Oual,-
fled Plans. The Trust Property shall include any income resulting from the invest.
ment of the amounts so held.
(q) Trustees The Public Employee Trustees and ICMAIRC Trustees elected by the
Public Employers to serve as members of the Board of Trustees of the Retirement
Trust.
ARTICLE It. CREATION AND PURPOSE OF THE TRUST, OWNERSHIP
OF TRUST PROPERTY
Section 2.1 Creation: The Retirement Trust is created and established by
the execution of this Declaration of Trust by the Trustees and the Pubic
Employers.
Section 2,2 Purpose: The purpose of the Retirement Trust is to provide for
the commingled imiastment of funds held by the Public Employers in conic
tion with their Deferred Compensation and Oualified Plans. The Trust Prop
envy shall be invested in the Portfolios, in Guaranteed Investment Contracts,
and in other investments recommended by the Irrvesi meth Adviser under the
supervision d the Board of Trustees No pan of the Trust Property will be invested
in securities issued by Public Employers.
SecUon 2.2 Ownership of Trust Property: The Trustees shall have "at
title to the Trust Property. Ti Public Employers shall be Me beneficial owners
of the portion of the Trust Property allocable to Me Deferred Compensation
Plans. The portion of the Trust Property allocable to the Qualified Plans shall
be held for the Public Employer Trustees for the inclusive benefit of the
Employees
ARTICLE 111. TRUSTEES
Section 3.1 Number and Ousliflcatlon of Trustees.
(a) The Board of Trustees shell consist of rvi Trustees. Five of the Trustees
shall be full-time employees of a Public Employer (the Public Employee
Trustees) who are authorized by such Public Employer to serve as Trustee.
The remaining tour Trustees shall consist of two persons who, at the time of
election to the Board of Trustees. we members of the Board of Directors of
ICMA and two persons who. at the fine of election, are members of the Board
of Directors of RC the ICMA/RC Trustees). One of the Trustees who is a director
of ICMA, and one of the Trustees who is a director of RC, small at Ire time
of election, be full-time employees of a Public Employer.
(b) No person may serve as a Trustee for more than of tern in any ten-year
period.
Section 2.2 Election and Tom.
(a) Except fin the Trustees appointed to M vacancies pursuant to Section 35
hared, the Trustees shall be elected by a woe of a map" of the Pudic
Employers in accordance with the procedures sal forth in the By-Laws.
(b) N the "elation of luster three If, ,o A be elected for a tarter
or three years, three lunees sf WI be dewed for a tern of two years and three
loners them be OWOW for a term of one year N each subsequent election.
Wee Trusties Nei be dewed for a term of Wee years and uret he or her
uazassa is elected and qualified.
Section 3.3 Nominations: The lumees who are kill-time amployees of Pudic
Employers she serve as the Nominating Committee for the Puck Employee
luatees The l4arinaDng Carrntaee alai c+ooae candlid3les for Public Employee
fusion in accordance with the procedures wet forth in the Briars.
Section 3.4 Realpnatlon and RamovId.
W Any ludae may resign as Trustee (withal reed for prior Or aublOWGrt
act ountrV by an nelrument in writing signed by the Trustee and delivered
.
b the other Trusties and such resignation shall be effective upon such delivery
or el a fear date aocording to the terms of Ina instrument. Any of the Trustees
may 11,1111011 hoved for cause by a vote d a nap* of the Pudic Employers.
(b) Each Pudic Employee Trustee Nall resign his or her position as Trustee
wenin sixty days dine date on which he a sheceases b be a kLOra employee
d a Pudic Emptoyer
Section 33 Micanelaa: The erm of office of a lustee shall ennirate and
a vacancy Nell occur in the avert of to death, resignation, rernOVal, adjudiw
sated incompetence or other incapacity to perform the duties Of the office d
a Trusea In not case of a vacancy. the remaining Trustees shall appoint such
parson as they in their dscretion Nall see fit (subject to the Iimtations set forth
in this Section), to serve for des unexpired portion of the term d the Trustee
who has resigned or otherwise ceased to be a Trustee The appointment shat
be made by a written instrument signed by a majority, d the Trustees. The per
don appointed must be the same type of Trustee Ii.e, Pudic Employee True-
see or ICMAIRC Trustee) as the person who has cased to be a Trustee An
appointment of e Trustee may be made in anticipation of a vacancy to door r
at a later dale by reason of retirement a resignation. pro tied dal such appdnf
mesa shell not become effective prior a such retirernera or resignation. When
ever a vacancy in the number of Trustees shill occur, unlit such vacancy i6
Bed as pronded in this Seam 3.5, the Trustees in office. regardless of their
number, daft have all the powers granted to the Trustees and Nell discharge
all the duties imposed upon the Trustees by this Declaration. A written instru.
rent certifying the existence of such vacancy signed by a majority of the
Trustees Not be conclusive evidence of des existence of such vacancy.
Section 3.6 Trustees Serve In Representative Capacity: By executing
On Declamton, each Pubic Employer agrees that to Pubic Employee Trustees
elected by the Pudic Employers are auth"Ad to act as agents and represent
eaves of to Public Employers collectively.
ARTICLE N. POWERS OF TRUSTEES
Section 4.1 General Powers: The Trustees shah have the power to conduct
One business of the That and to carry on is open fic s Such power stall include
but Nall not be "ad to the power to:
(a) rmcaive to Trust Property from the Pudic Employers, Pudic Employer
Trustees or otter Trustee of any Employer Trust,
(b) enter into a contract with an Investnent Adviser providing. among otar
things. for the establishment and operation of the Portfolios, selection of to
Guaranteed Investments Contracts in which to Trust Property may be invested.
adecbm of other kwestrrar6 for to Trust PnopertY had to Payment Of reason
be ties to to Ir%es ment Adviser and to any subinvastmem adviser retained
by the InvesLnent Adviser;
(c) review arrwefiy ft performance d to Investment Adviser and approve
winvally the contract with such Investment Adviser;
(LI) sweat and relraest the Jug Property in the Pbniobds to Guaranteed 1.1& 5l
Caesch and n dry dinar irnescrert rabornardad by to Investment Adviser.
ha not keMuding securities issued by Public Employers Provided Oaf it a Pubic
Employer has directed that its monies be invested in specified Pot ios of
in a Guaranteed Investment Contract. to Trustees d the R4AJMMMt Trust fiat
tweet such mattes in accordance with such directions;
(a) keep such portion of the Ttust Property n cash or cash balances as to
BWess, from time to time. may deem to be in the bast interest of the Retire.
merit Trust created hereby, wow liability for Interest thereon:
(f) auocaq and retain time as they may deem advisable any hewn.
bas or other property received or acquired by them as Trustees hereunder.
whether or not such securities or other property would nomally be purchased
as investments herlurhder:
(g) cause any securities or either pop" held as pan of the lust Property
so be registered in the rams d the Retirement Trust or in the name of a nom:
film and to hold any investments in bearer form, but the books and records
of the Trustees shall at all times Nor to afi such in esmants are a pan d
the lust Property.
(h) make, oseutm Cknowl dga and deliver any and all documents of trarrs
far and caneyence and any and all other instruments tho may be necessary
or appropriate to carry out the powers heron granted:
special prates
0) wee upon any MCK band; or other sedates. gioe general or
or powers of atorney with or without power of substitution: exercise ary, con
version privileges, subcription rights, of other options. and make any Pay
ments incidental thereto; oppose or consent to, or otherwise Participate in,
corporate reapeniatbrs or other changes affecting corporate securities, end
delegate drecretionary Powers, and pay dry assessments or charges in con
nectpn therewith; and generally exercise any of the powers of an owner wan
reap,- to staler, bads. securities of other property hod as pan of the Trust
Property:
Q enter into contneets or arrangements for goods of services required in cm-
rection with the operation of the Retirement Trust. including, but not limited
to. contracts with custodians and contracts for des prwis on d administrative
servilm;
px) borrow or raise money for the purposes of the Retirement Trust in such
armount, and upon such terms and conditions as the Trustees shat deem advib
able provided that the aggregate amoure of such borrowings shall rot steed
3046 d the value of to lust Property. No person lending money to the Trustees
shot be bound to we the application of the money em or to inquire into as
validity, eapedency or Propriety of any such borrowing;
Q) incur reasonable expenses as required for the operation of the Retirement
Trust and deduct such expenses from the Trust Property,
(m) pay expenses popery dlocebe to to Trust Property incurred in conned
Lion with the Deferred Compensation Plates, Oualified Plans. or the Employer
Trusts and deduct such expenses from that portion of the Trust Property to
whom such expenses are property allocable;
(n) pay out of the Oust Property all coal and personal property axes, income
taxes and other taxes of any and all lands which, in the opinion of the Trustees
are property Wed, or assessed under a ustng or figure laws upon. or in respect
of, the Trust Property and allocate any such taxes to to appropriate Ccourrs;
(o) adopt. amend and repeal the By-Laws. Provided that such By-Laws am
at an times consistent with the terms of this Declaration of Trust:
(p) employ persons to make available interests in to Retirement Trust to
employers eligible to maintain a Deferred Compensation Pan under Section
457 or a Ouali6ed Pan under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, as
amended;
(q) issue the Annual Report d to Rebramet Trust, and the disclosure docu-
stems and other taereture used byte Retirement Trust;
(r) milker loam including the purchase of debt obligations, provided that all
such bans "I bear interest at the current martial role.
(a) cortraa for. and delegate any powers granted hereunder tb such officers.
agents, employees, auditors and anoreys as the Trustees may select, provided
that the Trustees may, not deegate the powers set form in paragraphs (b). (c)
and (o) of this Section 11 and may not delegate any Powers it such delega.
tion would violate Nair filicary duties:
M ptv'ide la the indemnyfication d to officers andTrustees d Nit ROMmO-t
lust and purchase fiduciary insurance:
(u) maintain boils and racords, including separate accounts for each Pudic
Employer Pudic Employer Trustee or Enlptoyer lust and such additional sep
acute accounts as are required under. and consistent with. to Deferred Can
pensation or Qualified Pan of sea Public Employer; and
(v) do all such acts. take all such proceedings. and exercise all such rights
'and privileges. although not specifcaiy mended heron. as the lustees hey
deem necessary or appropriate to admwnear the lust Property and to carry
out the purposes of Oe Retirement lust.
Sce bon 1.2 Dlatrlbutlon of Must Proparty~nb piers of the lust Prop
arty 01,.10 be made to or on behalf or. the Pu plater a Public Employer
Trustee fo accordance with the tams of the Deferred Compensation Plans,
Ou&OW Plans a Employer Trusts The Trustees of the Retirement lust shell
be fully protected in making payments in accedence with are directions of
the Pubic Employers, Pubic Employer luaees or Other lustiest Of the Employer
lug without asciansirrng what her such payments are in compharce with the
pre voicirs of the Deferred Compasa im a Qualified Plans or the agreements
creating the Employer lugs
Section 4.3 Execution of Instruments: The Trustees may unanimously
deagna* cry we or more of are Trustees to exacta any irstrumma or cioeu.
ment On behalf of all, including but not limited to the signing or endosem nit
of arty check and the sighing of any applications, insurance and Other con
tracts and the arson d such designated Trustee or Trustees gall have the
same force and etiact as it taken by all the Trustees
ARTICLE V. DUTY OF CARE AND LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES
Section 5.1 Duty of Core: In exercising the powers hereinbefore granted to
the Trustees the Trustees snail perform all acts within their authority for the
exclusive purpose of providing benefits for the Pudic Employers in connec-
Don with Deferred Compensatim Plans and Pudic Employer Trustees pursuers
fo Oualrisd Plans and small Perform such acts with the care skill, prudence
and diligence in the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person act-
ing in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct
of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.
Section 5.2 Uslib : The Trustees stall net be liable for arty mistake of judg.
mers or other action taken in good faith, and for any action taken or o nitled
in reliance in good faith upon the books of account a Other scads Of the
Retirement Trust, upon the opinion of counsel, a upon reports made to he
Retirement Trust by arty of is dicers employees a agents or by the In vesl-
m e t Adviser or any subirwestmert adviser, accountants, appraisers or other
experts or consultants selected with reasonable care by the Trustees dicers
or employees of he Retirement Trust. The Trustees shall also not be liable for
arty loss sustained by he Trust Property by reason of any investment made
in good fate and in accordance with the standard of care set forth in Sector 51.
Section 5.3 Bond: NO Trustee shall be obligated to give any bond or other
security for the performance of any of his or her duties hereunder.
ARTICLE VI. ANNREPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS
The Trustees ehee a subnt to the Pudic Employers and Public Employer
Trustees a written report of the transactions of the Retirement Trust, including anan
dal statements which shall be certified by independent pudic accountants Cho
eon by axe Tnusteee.
ARTICLE VII. DURATION OR AMENDMENT OF RETIREMENT TRUST
Section 7.1 MRthdnwal: A Public Employer or Pudic Employer Trustee may,
81 arty firms. withdraw from this Rebrernat lug by delivering to the Board of
Trustees a written statement d withdrawal. In such statamart, the public
Employer or Public Employer Trustee "I acknowledge that the Trust Prop
"allocable to the Pudic Emptier is derived from compensation deterred
by employees of such Pudic Employer pursuant to its Deferred Compersa-
bon Plan of from oora Woo s to the accounts of Employees pursuers to a
qualified Plan, and shell designate the irsrpal insirtutiai fo which much properly
shall be transferred by the V usleea of the Retirement Trust or by the Trustee
of the Employer Trust.
Section 7.2 Duration: The Retirement Trust "I continue until terminated
by the vote of a majority of the Pudic Employers, each casting one vote Upon
termination, all of the Trust Property shall be paid Out to the Pudic Employers.
Pudic Employer lustees or the Trustees of the Employer Trusts, as appropriate
Section 7.3 Amendment: The Retirement Trust may be amended by the vote
of a majority, d the Pudic Employers, each casting one vole,
Section 7.4 Procedure: A resolution to terminate or amend the Retirement
lust or to remove a Trustee shall be submitted to a vote Of the Pubic Employers
if: a majority of tha Trustees so direct, a: G9 a petition requesting a vote
signed by riot less than 25% of the Pudic Employers is submitted to the
Trustees.
ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1 Ooveming Law: Except as otherwise required by state or local
low, this Declaration of Trust and the Retirement Trust hereby created shall be
construed and regulated by the laws of the District of Columbia.
Seetlon 8.2 Counterparts: This Declaration may be executed by the Pudic
Employers and Trustees in two or more coumarparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.