The Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS) is seeking candidate nominations and petitions for its Board of Trustees Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) employee representative for the six-year term beginning January 1, 2017, and running through December 31, 2022.
Candidates must be IHL employees and active PERS members with at least 10 years of creditable service. Candidate nomination petitions must be signed by at least 25 active PERS members working for any of Mississippi IHLs.
Nomination forms, petitions, and a cover letter with a complete election schedule are available on the PERS website, www.pers.ms.gov. Deadline for receipt of completed nomination forms and petitions is 5 p.m. July 29. Ballots for these elections will be cast from September 7 to October 7, and the Board will certify the election results at its regularly scheduled meeting October 25.
The 10-member PERS Board includes the state Treasurer, a gubernatorial appointee who is a member of PERS, two PERS retirees, two state employees, and one representative each of public schools and community/junior colleges, Institutions of Higher Learning, counties, and municipalities. With the exception of the state Treasurer and the gubernatorial appointee, board members are elected to staggered six-year terms.