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Authorizing IMRF Benefit Protection Leave
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WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Illinois Pension Code (40 ILCS 5/7-139(a)(4)) provides that the governing body of a governmental unit may elect to allow service credit in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund to members who are placed on authorized leave of absence without pay; and
WHEREAS, not more than twelve (12) complete months of creditable service for such authorized leave of absence shall be credited towards any benefit under Article 7 of the Pension Code; and
WHEREAS, no service credit may be issued for such authorized, unpaid leave unless an application for credits is submitted to the Board of Trustees of Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund while the employee is in a status of active employment; and
WHEREAS, employee Laura Zillges has applied for Benefit Protection Leave service credit for the period of July 2023 through October 2023, which is a qualified leave period; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Board has been advised by the County’s Authorized Agent, the Executive Director of Human Resources, of the estimated cost to the County for this Benefit Protection Leave.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that it elects to allow service credit to Laura Zillges, MID [Redacted] for her period of authorized leave without pay, not to exceed (12) months, beginning on July 2023 and ending on October 2023; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all associated costs thereof to Kane County as determined by the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (“IMRF” or “Fund”), not to exceed $5,000, are hereby approved for payment to IMRF; the County’s authorized agent for IMRF is hereby directed to complete and execute IMRF Form 6.32 and to process the payment to IMRF; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall be directed to maintain a record of this resolution for inspection, upon request by the Fund, and is further directed to certify IMRF Form 6.32, IMRF Benefit Protection Leave, upon the request of the affected employee.
Passed by the Kane County Board on October 8, 2024.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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