(a) County Contributions. The County may contribute to the Trust Fund those amounts that the Council appropriates. The County is not required to make any contribution to the Trust Fund unless a written contract with one or more beneficiaries so requires.
(b) County-funded Agency Contributions. The County may contribute to the Trust Fund, on behalf of a County-funded agency, those amounts that the County Council appropriates. A County-funded agency may also make contributions to the Trust Fund in its discretion. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the County must make any contribution necessary to pay a County-funded agency’s pro rata cost of the expenses of the Trust Fund. Contributions to the Trust Fund made on behalf of a County-funded agency or by a County-funded agency must be attributed to the County-funded agency for actuarial valuation and financial reporting.
(c) Acceptance of Contributions. The Board must accept all contributions deposited in the Trust Fund and held by the custodian as Trust Fund property. The Board is not responsible for calculating or collecting any contribution, but is only responsible for contributions deposited to the Trust Fund and amounts held in the Trust Fund. The Board must separately account for any contribution made on behalf of a County-funded agency and earnings and expenses attributable to that contribution.
(d) Payments.
(1) Payments for County Retiree Benefit Plans. Payments may be made from the Trust Fund attributable to the County in those amounts directed by the Chief Administrative Officer only to pay for all or part of the benefits provided by any County retiree benefit plan, administrative expenses relating to a retiree benefit plan and expenses of the Trust Fund. The Board is not liable for any payment directed by the Chief Administrative Officer and is not required to confirm compliance with any retiree benefit plan.
(2) Payments for a County-funded Agency Retiree Benefit Plan. The Chief Administrative Officer may direct that payments be made from the Trust Fund attributable to a County-funded agency as authorized by a County Council appropriation resolution. Payments from the Trust Fund must be used to pay for all or part of the benefits provided by a County-funded agency retiree benefit plan and expenses of any County-funded agency retiree benefit plan. The Board is not liable for any payment made under the direction of the Chief Administrative Officer and has no responsibility to confirm compliance with any retiree benefit plan.
(e) Expenses. The Board must be reimbursed for expenses solely incurred in the administration of the Trust Fund and must pay from the Trust Fund expenses reasonably incurred by the Chief Administrative Officer to administer any County retiree benefit plan to the extent that those expenses have not been paid by the County. The Board may pay expenses incurred under Section 33-162(h)(11) without direction of the Chief Administrative Officer. The Chief Administrative Officer may direct the Board to pay expenses reasonably incurred by a County-funded agency to administer its retiree benefit plans. (2008 L.M.C., ch 3, § 1; 2011 L.M.C., ch. 14, § 1.)