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Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Employees' Pension Plan
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Employees' Pension Plan was established in 1967 to serve the career employees of the Metropolitan St.
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Employees' Pension Plan
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Employees' Pension Plan was established in 1967 to serve the career employees of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the regional utility created in 1954 that now manages over 9,600 miles of sewer mains and treats more than 350 million gallons of wastewater daily for 1.3 million residents. The plan covers a closed universe of full-time District staff, insulating it from the demographic pressures and unfunded mandates that affect broader state and city retirement systems. Tim Snoke, the plan's Secretary-Treasurer, oversees investment management and internal audit, while Director of Finance Marion Gee — a past board president of the Government Finance Officers Association — coordinates its financial operations. The plan functions as a traditional defined-benefit public pension fund, though its specific asset allocation and external manager relationships are not publicly disclosed. Its investment posture is shaped by the risk-and-return needs of a mature workforce at a capital-intensive utility, and the parent District's own balance sheet is dominated by a multibillion-dollar, multi-decade consent-decree-driven infrastructure program known as Project Clear. No individual portfolio companies, direct co-investment partnerships, or specific fund commitments are publicly reported. The plan's geographic exposure likely anchors to US fixed income and public equity markets. The plan is governed by a Board of Trustees chaired by Richard Wilson, with Greg Nicozisin as Vice Chair, and a Pension Committee chaired by Brian Wahby. The plan participates in the Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement (JCPER), a Missouri state legislative body that oversees public pension plans statewide. The plan has not disclosed its total assets under management or a recent actuarial valuation in public documents. The administrative footprint remains concentrated at the District's headquarters at 2350 Market Street in St. Louis. Structurally, the plan is distinct for its isolation: it serves a single-purpose municipal utility rather than a general city or county workforce. This means its liability stream is tied to the operational and regulatory fate of one of the country's largest sewer-and-stormwater systems, not to the broader fiscal health of St. Louis or Missouri. That narrow exposure — and the absence of pooled risk with other public employers — creates a funding dynamic that is unusually sensitive to the District's long-term infrastructure spending and rate-setting authority.
General information
Firm type
Pension Fund
Year founded
1967
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
St. Louis
Corporate office
St. Louis, MO, United States
Principals
Tim Snoke
Secretary-Treasurer
Marion Gee
Director of Finance
Brian Wahby
Pension Committee Chair
Tracey Coleman
Director of Human Resources
Richard Wilson
Board Chair
Greg Nicozisin
Board Vice Chair
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who controls the investment decisions at the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Employees' Pension Plan?
The plan's Secretary-Treasurer, Tim Snoke, is responsible for investment management and internal audit. He operates under the oversight of a Board of Trustees chaired by Richard Wilson, with a Pension Committee chaired by Brian Wahby providing additional governance. No external OCIO or outsourced investment consultant is disclosed in public records.
Is the plan's asset allocation or manager lineup publicly available?
No. The plan does not publish a current asset allocation, manager roster, or actuarial valuation report on its public website or through the District's investor-relations portal. As a single-employer plan for a municipal utility, it faces less rigorous public disclosure requirements than state-level pension systems, leaving its portfolio composition opaque to outside researchers.
How is the plan related to the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District and its Project Clear initiative?
The plan is a separate legal entity that provides pension benefits exclusively to full-time District employees. The District itself, however, is engaged in a multibillion-dollar, court-ordered infrastructure overhaul called Project Clear, stemming from a 2012 EPA consent decree. The District's long-term financial health — shaped by these massive capital commitments — ultimately underpins the employer contributions flowing into the pension plan.
Does the plan make direct investments or co-investments, or does it only invest through external managers?
The plan's investment strategy is not publicly documented, so its use of direct deals, co-investments, or separate accounts is unknown. Given the small, utility-specific employee base and the absence of public investment staff beyond the Secretary-Treasurer role, the plan almost certainly relies on external managers and consultants, though this has not been confirmed by any primary disclosure.
What is the plan's relationship with the Government Finance Officers Association?
Marion Gee, the plan's Director of Finance, is a past Board President of the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). The GFOA is a professional network for public-sector finance officials, and Gee's leadership role signals the plan's integration into the broader community of municipal financial officers — though it does not imply GFOA has any governance authority over the plan.
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