Everett Retirement Board v. Board of Assessors of Everett

For the fiscal year ending June 30,1983, the Everett retirement board (board), acting under G. L. c. 32, § 22(7)(c) (iii), certified to the mayor a budget of $3,000,000 for the pension fund,2 plus $68,385 for the expense of administration. The mayor rejected $39,021 of the administrative expenses, a step which triggered this action by the board under G. L. c. 32, *306§ 22(7)(c)(iv), to recover the entire amount which it had certified. The question for decision is whether the expense fund component of retirement system budgets duly certified under G. L. c. 32 is subject to control by…