2025/08/06 Council Agenda Packet

MissionSquare Retirement Agreement 1 of 12 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT This Administrative Services Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of this day, (please enter date) ____________________________________, (herein referred to as the "Inception Date"), between the International City Management Association Retirement Corporation doing business as MissionSquare Retirement (“MissionSquare”), a nonprofit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the City of Everett (“Employer”), an Entity organized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington with an office at 2930 Wetmore Avenue, Everett, Washington 98201. RECITALS Employer acts as public plan sponsor of a retirement plan (“Plan”), and in that capacity, has responsibility to obtain administrative services and investment alternatives for the Plan; VantageTrust is a group trust established and maintained in accordance with New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated section 391:1 and Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling 81-100, 1981-1 C.B. 326, which provides for the commingled investment of retirement funds; MissionSquare, or its wholly owned subsidiary, acts as investment adviser to VantageTrust Company, LLC, the Trustee of VantageTrust; MissionSquare has designed, and VantageTrust Company offers, a series of separate funds (the “Funds”) for the investment of plan assets as referenced in the Funds’ principal disclosure documents, the Disclosure Memorandum and the Fact Sheets (together, “MissionSquare Disclosures”); and MissionSquare provides a range of services to public employers for the operation of employee retirement plans including, but not limited to, communications concerning investment alternatives, account maintenance, account recordkeeping, investment and tax reporting, transaction processing, and benefit disbursement.