The retirement plan for City of Cincinnati employees was established on August 1, 1931. It was the first retirement plan for public employees in the State of Ohio and predates the statewide Ohio Public Employees Retirement System.

The City of Cincinnati Employees Retirement System (CRS) is organized as a defined benefit plan and retiree healthcare plan. There are 7,756 participating members; (4,766 retirees and deferred retirements, 2,990 full time active members). On December 31, 2008 the CRS assets were $1.816 billion.

Task Force Changes for Active Members Letter from City Manager


Retirement News & Updates

• Retirees affected by the recently enacted healthcare changes may be receiving a termination notice from Anthem. Please disregard these notices as they were automatically generated as a result of the change in healthcare benefit plans effective January 1, 2010.  RETIREE HEALTHCARE COVERAGE BY CRS HAS NOT BEEN TERMINATED.
  
  
• In October 2009, Anthem issued a questionnaire to retirees with eligible dependent children to confirm their continued eligibility. If you received that questionnaire but did not send a response, Anthem issued healthcare termination notices for dependent children. If you received such a notice, please contact the Retirement Office at (513) 352-3227 to request a form to restart coverage for your dependent children that are still eligible for healthcare coverage.
  
  
• Please note that due to a change in the Federal income tax withholding table that became effective January 1, 2010, some retirees will notice an increase in the amount of Federal tax withheld, affecting their net monthly pension benefit amount.
  
   
• CRS Healthcare Presentation
• Letter-Retiree Health Care Changes
• Health Chart Retirees 2010
• Task Force Ordinance - Health 11/25/2009

To qualify for the carve out group, eligible retirees must provide verification of their income to the Cincinnati Retirement System. Please note the deadline for submission of this information has been changed to March 1, 2010 (postmarked no later than March 1, 2010).

• Investment Policy 2009
• CRS 2008 Valuation Presentation
• CRS 2009 Pension Valuation Report
• CRS 2009 Health Valuation Report
• CRS 2009 Executive Summary
  

• Rules of the Board of Trustees