City Employees' Retirement System Annual Reports

Series

Identifier: 1802-F5

Scope and Contents note

Early annual reports contain some narrative prefacing the financial information that comprises the bulk of the reports. Information in the reports includes lists of individuals on the pension and disability rolls. For some years there are both published and unpublished reports. Researchers should also check the Archives Documents Database for other Employees' Retirements System Annual Reports.

Dates

Creation: 1930-2012

Creator

Seattle City Employees' Retirement System (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access note

Records are open to the public.

Historical Note

The original authority for a retirement system came from an amendment to the City Charter submitted to the voters at the Municipal election of March 8, 1927. By the mid-1950s, within certain limitations, all officers and employees of the City were able to have membership in the Retirement System. Exceptions were the uniformed members of the police and fire departments who were under relief and pensions systems prescribed by State law. Beginning in 1956, the Retirement System was coordinated with Federal Social Security through Ordinances 84510 and 84566.

Full Extent

1.6 Cubic Feet (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Annual reports of the Seattle City Employees' Retirement System.

Location of Records

SMA

General Note

A Comptroller or Clerk File (CF) can consist of correspondence, reports, petitions, contracts, agreements, etc. from elected officials, City departments, other government agencies, or the general public, which have been placed on file with the Office of the City Clerk (OCC). They are primarily permanent records, but also include routine material which was periodically purged. Certain archival records identified in the CF have been removed, arranged into records series, and incorporated into the collection of the Seattle Municipal Archives, a program of the OCC.