§ 33-51. Reports and audits.  


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  • (a) Annual and quarterly reports.
    (1) By February 15 of each year, the chief administrative officer must submit to the county council and county executive an annual report on the status of the retirement system for the preceding fiscal year. The chief administrative officer must make the report available to all interested county officials, each member of the retirement system, and the public.
    (2) The chief administrative officer must submit to the council a proposed format of the first annual report that includes the investment performance report of the board. The council must approve or disapprove the format and may request the chief administrator officer to provide additional information in the report. If the council does not act on the format within forty-five (45) days after the chief administrative officer submits the format, the format is automatically approved. The council may extend the time to consider the format for an additional forty-five (45) days.
    (3) The council may request the chief administrative officer or the board to provide additional information in the annual report or in additional reports. The chief administrative officer and the board must provide the additional information.
    (4) The chief administrative officer must submit to the council quarterly reports on the status of the retirement system. In a quarterly report the chief administrative officer may summarize information provided in an annual report.
    (5) By March 31 of each year, the Chief Administrative Officer must submit to the Council and the Executive an annual report on the disability retirement system for the preceding calendar year that includes the number of disability retirement applications, awards, appeals, and re-examinations of retirees for each retirement group. The Council may request the Chief Administrative Officer to provide additional information in the annual report or in additional reports. The Chief Administrative Officer must provide the additional information.
    (b) Annual report of member contributions and credited interest. Except for the elected officials' participant contributions to the elected officials' plan, the Board must give each member by December 1 of each year a report on the member's contributions with credited interest as of June 30 of the preceding fiscal year. The Board must give each elected officials' participant a report on the elected officials' participant contributions on a quarterly basis.
    (c) Independent audit of the retirement system. A complete independent audit of the retirement system shall be made at least annually by the firm of certified public accountants under contract by the county council for the purpose of implementing the provisions of article III, section 315, of the charter of the county. The complete audit shall be filed with the county council and copies thereof shall be made available to the public and open to public inspection. (Ord. No. 5-152; Ord. No. 6-195, § 1; 1974 L.M.C., ch. 59, § 11; 1978 L.M.C., ch. 44, § 1; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 40, § 5; 1987 L.M.C., ch. 29, § 8; 1994 L.M.C., ch. 33, § 1; , § 1.)