Sean C. Morgan
Of The New Era
An Aug. 11 ruling by the Oregon State Supreme Court in a lawsuit against the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) may save the district some money.
That court?s decision will reduce projected PERS rate increases by about 2 percentage points in 2007, district Business Manager Kevin Strong told the District 55 Board of Trustees at its monthly meeting Aug. 15.
Strong explained the decision this way: In 1999,…