This fall, IMRF employers will elect one Executive Trustee for a five-year term of office, from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2028.

You can run for Executive Trustee if you:

• Are employed by a participating governmental unit as chief executive officer, chief finance officer, or other officer, executive, or department head.
• Are an active and vested IMRF member (not including reciprocal service) as of December 31, 2023.
• Gain the nomination of at least three IMRF employers, each of whom must submit a nominating petition to IMRF.

Nominating petitions are accepted between August 1 and September 15.

Learn more about running for Executive Trustee here.

Also in November, IMRF active members will elect one Employee Trustee for a two-year term of office that will run from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025.

You can run for Employee Trustee if you are:

• An active member currently participating in IMRF
• Vested in IMRF as of December 31, 2023 (eight years for Tier 1 members, ten years for Tier 2 members)
• Not employed by an IMRF employer as a chief executive officer, chief finance officer, or other officer, executive, or department head

Learn more about running for Employee Trustee here.

The Illinois Pension Code requires IMRF to post certain employer cost and participation reports on its website. IMRF will update these reports annually. 

• Employer Contribution Amounts: The amount of employer contributions each employer made from 1/1/1995 to present (searchable spreadsheet)
• Employer Contribution Rates: Each employer’s contribution rates for the current year and one year after (searchable spreadsheet)
• Participating Employers: A list of all employers and the date each employer joined IMRF (searchable spreadsheet)
• Employer Resolutions: Required participation resolutions for employers that joined on or after 1/1/1995 (searchable PDF)

IMRF employers that have a website must include a link to the employer cost and participation reports page.

For More Information

To learn more about employer rates, see Employer Rates.

To ensure that IMRF practices its mission to provide the highest quality retirement services to you and your members, we conduct periodic surveys to gather your feedback. Your input is important to us, as it helps us learn what we are doing well and identify opportunities for improvement.

Survey Sent This Week

Earlier this week (on 7/10), Authorized Agents and Web Assistants received an IMRF Employer Survey. The survey centers on overall engagement and should take less than five minutes to complete.

Survey Due Date

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey by Friday, July 21.

Thank you for helping us improve the services we provide you through your ongoing participation in our employer surveys.

We offer these online webinars for Authorized Agents to learn more about IMRF procedures and how to administer IMRF. Register today!

July 2023

• Module 2: IMRF Benefits, Employer Rates, and Legislation - July 25

August 2023

• Module 1: Introduction, Enrollment, Wage Reporting, and Termination – August 8



• Module 2: IMRF Benefits, Employer Rates, and Legislation – August 22

All sessions run 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM.

Webinar Structure

This 2-part webinar series prepares IMRF Authorized Agents to perform common IMRF tasks. Note: to receive a completion certificate, you must attend the online session live. Watching a recording at a later date will not result in a certificate of completion.

Together, these two 90-minute webinars cover the topics included in the former one-day workshop. Each webinar stands alone, and you can attend them in either order. Canceling your registration from just one module is not permitted.