| January 1943 |
Fairfax County Policemen’s Pension and Retirement Board established |
Police |
| March 1944 |
The General Assembly of Virginia adopts the Police Retirement Act, which empowered the County to establish the 5 member “Policemen’s Pension and Retirement Board” – now called the Police Officers Retirement System (PORS) |
Police |
| July 1955 |
First meeting of 5-member SRS Board of Trustees |
Employees' |
| July 1955 |
Supplemental Retirement System (SRS) established (Employee contributions are set at 4% of salary with a 1.5% multiplier) |
Employees' |
| May 1967 |
First full-time employee hired to support the retirement systems - Millie Vella |
Employees',Police |
| September 1967 |
School Food Service employees added into SRS |
Employees' |
| September 1968 |
School Bus Drivers added into the SRS |
Employees' |
| July 1969 |
Park Authority employees added into the SRS |
Employees' |
| May 1974 |
SRS ordinance changed to include a pre-62 benefit |
Employees' |
| May 1974 |
Establishment of Uniformed Retirement System (URS) |
Uniformed |
| July 1974 |
Firemen, Sheriff’s Deputies, Park Police, and Game Wardens moved from SRS into URS |
Uniformed,Employees' |
| November 1974 |
First meeting of 6-member URS Board of Trustees |
Uniformed |
| April 1975 |
Retirement office moved to the 3rd Floor of the Massey Building |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| April 1977 |
Crossing Guards added into the SRS |
Employees' |
| April 1977 |
Retirement office moved to 4101 Chain Bridge Road in Fairfax City |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| September 1978 |
Retirement office moved to 4020 University Drive in Fairfax City |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| July 1981 |
SRS Multiplier increased from 1.5 to 1.8% & increased pre62 benefit to 1% of afc |
Employees' |
| July 1981 |
Plan B established for URS |
Uniformed |
| July 1981 |
Plan B established for SRS (Employees contributes 5.33% with a multiplier of 2.0%) |
Employees' |
| July 1981 |
Several Police benefit changes implemented |
Police |
| July 1981 |
Several Uniformed benefit changes implemented |
Uniformed |
| July 1985 |
Economic development employees came in the SRS system (new with no previous service granted) |
Employees' |
| August 1987 |
All 3 systems Mandatory retirement at age 70 eliminated, eliminate age 70 age limit on eligibility for svccon dis retirement |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| August 1987 |
Health Insurance subsidy established at $30 per month, beginning at age 62 |
Employees' |
| July 1988 |
Sick leave begins to be used in calculation of final average salary |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| June 1989 |
Establishment of Retirement Administration Agency |
Employees',Police,Uniformed |
| September 1989 |
Retirement benefits become taxable by state of Virginia effective tax year 1989 |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| July 1990 |
Health Insurance subsidy increased from $30 to $45 |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| May 1993 |
Exclusion of Overtime from Creditable Compensation |
Employees' |
| October 1993 |
Retirement office moved to 10680 Main Street in Fairfax City |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| July 1995 |
Additional 3% benefit increase added for all systems, to compensate for State taxation of benefits |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| July 1996 |
Major changes to Uniformed disablity benefits go into effect |
Uniformed |
| July 1997 |
Portability of Pension Benefits Within the Commonwealth of Virginia. |
Employees',Police,Uniformed |
| July 1998 |
Health subsidy raised to $60 from $45 for age 62 and older |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| February 2000 |
Uniformed multiplier went from 1.8 to 2.0A & B and from 2.3 to 2.5C & D |
Uniformed |
| February 2000 |
Police benefit multiplier increased from 2.5 to 2.8 |
Police |
| July 2000 |
Pre 62 Benefit becomes pre-social security benefit |
Employees' |
| July 2000 |
Health insurance subsidy increases from $60 to $100 and |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| January 2001 |
Uniformed elimination of SS offset due to unrelated disability regarding disability benefits from County |
Uniformed |
| February 2001 |
Supplemental System (SRS) name changed to Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) |
Employees' |
| February 2001 |
Reducing the Offset for Service-Connected Disability Retirement Allowance for Social Security Disability Benefits. |
Uniformed |
| March 2002 |
Changing Method for Determining the Annual Employer Contribution Rate in Retirement Systems |
Police,Uniformed,Employees' |
| October 2003 |
Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) implemented for Police & Uniformed Systems |
Uniformed,Police |
| March 2005 |
New Ordinance language on reemployed annuitants all 3 systems max of 115% cty ex of salary and retirement |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| March 2005 |
Changes Regarding the Maximum Combined Compensation for a Rehired Retiree |
Employees',Police,Uniformed |
| July 2005 |
DROP Implemented for members of Employees’ System |
Employees' |
| July 2005 |
Public Safety Communications new hires are enrolled in Uniformed |
Uniformed |
| October 2005 |
Public Safety Communications transfers allowed - move from Employees to Uniformed - must make election on or before September 1, 2005 |
Uniformed,Employees' |
| January 2007 |
Completed implementation of Pension Gold software for administration of benefit payments, actuarial data tracking, and counseling activities |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| June 2007 |
Reduce Social Security Offset to Service-Connected Disability Benefits (64% to 40%) |
Employees',Uniformed |
| July 2007 |
Police 84% cap (30 years) on benefits REMOVED there is no longer a maximum |
Police |
| July 2007 |
Police Contribution Rate lowered to 11% from 12% |
Police |
| April 2008 |
Unveiled new Retirement Systems website, redesigned in Web Content Management (WCM) |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| June 2008 |
Reduce Social Security Offset to Service-Connected Disability Benefits (40% to 30%) |
Employees',Uniformed |
| July 2008 |
Unveiled Web Member Services (WMS) PensionGold online access software |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| July 2008 |
Police Member contribution rate lowered from 11% to 10% |
Police |
| October 2010 |
DROP Sunset Provision eliminated for all 3 systems |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| July 2011 |
Reduce Social Security Offset to Service-Connected Disability Benefits (30% to 25%) |
Employees',Uniformed |
| January 2013 |
New Retirement Plans for ALL new hires on and after January 1, 2013 * ERS Plans C & D, Rule of 85, earliest normal age 55 * PORS Plan B * URS Plan E |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| November 2013 |
Reduce Social Security Offset to Service-Connected Disability Retirement (25% to 15%) |
Employees',Uniformed |
| July 2014 |
Police Member contribution rate decreased from 10% to 8.65% |
Police |
| January 2015 |
All 3 Systems' County Codes were made more stylistically consistent, logically organized and freed of provisions no longer serving a useful purpose |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| June 2015 |
Changes in the County’s funding policy |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| July 2016 |
Reduce social security offset for disability from 15% to 10% |
Uniformed,Employees' |
| July 2017 |
Reduce social security offset for disability from 10% to 5% |
Uniformed,Employees' |
| September 2017 |
Retirement office moved to 1215 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| July 2018 |
Eliminate social security offset for disability retirees |
Uniformed,Employees' |
| November 2018 |
New plans established for new employees hired on or after July 1, 2019 |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
| June 2019 |
Police Spousal Option Changes |
Police |
| February 2020 |
Changes to severe service connected disability criteria - resperatory exposure |
Uniformed |
| July 2020 |
Police buy in and additional Board member |
Police |
| May 2024 |
Military Service Credit Purchases Made Available to URS and PORS members |
Police,Uniformed |
| April 2025 |
Animal Protective Police Transition Retirement Options |
Uniformed,Police,Employees' |
