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The Municipal Employees' Retirement System (MERS) is a statewide retirement plan and tax-qualified trust that municipalities may adopt for their employees. MERS offers employee benefit programs: defined benefit, defined contribution and hybrid plans, and group insurance products. MERS serves cities, counties, hospitals, libraries, medical care facilities, road commissions, townships, villages, and similar units of local government.

MERS operated under state government from 1945 until 1996, when MERS became an independent non-profit public corporation. MERS members total approximately 750* municipalities and more than 83,000* individual members and retirees. *(as of June 30, 2010)

Vision:
Our present is your future
Mission:
The Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan (MERS) exists to provide quality retirement and related services with cost-effective plan administration for members and beneficiaries.
Values:
Competence, Creativity, Integrity, and Teamwork

 

Figures as of June 30, 2010


 

 
Site last updated:Friday, 03 September 2010

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