Fulton proposal would put the chairman’s retirement-plan seats to a board vote

Two seats overseeing Fulton County employee retirement plans would no longer come automatically with the chairman’s office—or go to someone the chairman designates—under proposals headed to the Board of Commissioners. Instead, the full commission would choose a commissioner for each seat.⁠[1][2]

Vice Chair Khadijah Abdur-Rahman is sponsoring both resolutions, scheduled for consideration November 18. Chairman Robert L. Pitts would remain eligible to be chosen: the proposed rules require a commissioner, not someone other than the chairman. The shift is in who makes the choice.⁠[1][2][3]

Item 26-0822 would change Position 1 on the 11-member Board of Trustees of the Fulton County Employees Retirement System. The proposed pension-plan amendment calls for the full commission to elect that trustee. The seat would carry a one-year term, or continue until a successor is elected and qualified, with selection at a regular January meeting.⁠[1][3]

Item 26-0823 would make a parallel change to Position 1 on the nine-member administrative committee overseeing the county’s Defined Contribution Plan. The commission would appoint that member at its regular January meeting or as soon afterward as practical, for one year or until a successor qualifies and is appointed. This resolution expressly leaves Positions 2 through 9 unchanged.⁠[2][3]

Both drafts argue that full-board selection would promote accountability, transparency and collective oversight. The pension draft does retain a wording wrinkle: alongside the new election requirement, it reproduces a clause referring to a chairman-designated Position 1 trustee serving until the designation is revoked. Its final clause also says conflicting prior provisions would be repealed.⁠[1][2]

These are proposed selection rules, not completed appointments. The November 18 meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. in Assembly Hall at the Fulton County Government Center, 141 Pryor Street SW in Atlanta, Georgia.⁠[3][4][5]