Spokane Municipal Code

Title 03 Administration and Personnel

Chapter 03.05 Spokane Employees' Retirement System

Section 03.05.070 Employees' Retirement Fund

1. The City treasurer shall be the custodian of the retirement fund as provided in SMC 7.08.601. The retirement fund created hereby shall be a trust fund held for the exclusive benefit of the members of the retirement system and their beneficiaries. Except as provided under 3.05.240(B), no part of the corpus or income of the retirement fund shall be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the members or their beneficiaries and the payment of fees and expenses of maintaining and administering the retirement system. All benefit formulas under SMC 3.05.160, SMC 3.05.165 SMC 3.05.166 and SMC 03.05.167 are encompassed within the retirement fund without separate accounting.

2. This section shall be interpreted to allow the following:

1. 1. A return of the contribution to the City (or to SREC and SPFD, as applicable) or its application as a credit on future contributions after the board determines that the City (or SREC and SPFD, as applicable) has paid or overpaid the contribution under a mistake of fact.

1. 2. The making of refunds required by law; and

1. 3. Termination of the retirement system and distribution of its assets to the City (or to SREC and SPFD, as applicable) after all liabilities with respect to the members and their beneficiaries have been satisfied.

Date Passed: Monday, June 29, 2020

Effective Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2020

ORD C35914 Section 4