Attention Safety Members! MCERA is conducting a special election in December to fill the Seventh (Safety) Member seat(s) on the Retirement Board.
Serving as a member of MCERA's Retirement Board is a meaningful and rewarding experience. If you are an actively employed safety member you are encouraged to consider candidacy for the position of MCERA trustee.
Why is there a special election?
Trustee Karen Wofford has resigned from the position of Safety Member (Seventh Member) of the Retirement Board, Effective September 15, 2011. The term of the Safety Member does not expire until October 31, 2013.
How does this election work?
The County Employees’ Retirement Law of 1937, under which MCERA is governed, provides for the inclusion of one Safety Member and one Alternate Safety Member to be determined by a single election.
If there are two candidates for the Safety Member position, one actively employed in law enforcement and one actively employed in fire protection, the candidate with the highest number of votes becomes the Safety Member. The other candidate, being from a different safety classification, then becomes the Alternate Safety Member.
If both candidates for the Safety Member position are from the same safety classification (e.g. both in fire protection), the candidate with the highest number of votes becomes the Seventh Safety Member and there will be no alternate until another election is conducted.
