This and that: A Tuesday evening edition

County assessor sues Tippecanoe County over retirement fund contributions. West Lafayette breaks ground on a $35.2M, last-phase project to prevent combined-sewer overflows into the Wabash. And more

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This and that for a Tuesday evening …

COUNTY ASSESSOR SUES COUNTY OVER RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS: Tippecanoe County Assessor Eric Grossman has filed a class action lawsuit against the county, challenging the way it handles retirement contributions on employees’ paychecks, including his own.

At issue, according to the complaint filed Friday in Tippecanoe Circuit Court, is a section of the county’s employee handbook about the Public Employees Retirement Fund that says “the county contributes 3% of employees’ gross wages for deposit in an annuity savings account.”

Grossman contends that the county deducts 3% from employees’ paychecks to deposit into the retirement fund, and doesn’t actually contribute 3% from county’s funds.

Tippecanoe County Assessor Eric Grossman. (Photo: Dave Bangert)