Salem Firefighters Local 314 v. Public Employes Retirement Board

Petitioners seek review of the Public Employes Retirement Board’s order determining that the retirement benefits provided by the City of Salem for police officers and fire fighters are equal to or better than the benefits under the Public Employes Retirement System (PERS) and that the city is therefore exempt from participating in PERS with respect to those employes. ORS 237.620(4).1 Petitioners’ principal contentions turn on the proposition that the board’s rule, codified as OAR 459-30-025, does not allow the comprehensive comparison of the city’s and PERS’s benefits that ORS 237.620(4)…