HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-01-13 - AGENDA REPORTS - APPR CALPERS RESO AMEND EPMC (2)CONSENT
CALENDAR
DATE:
SUBJECT:
DEPARTMENT:
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by:
January 13, 2015
Agenda Item• 4
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
(CALPERS) RESOLUTION
City Manager's Office
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council adopt resolution between the Board of Administration California Public Employees'
Retirement System and the City of Santa Clarita for Employer Paid Member Contributions.
BACKGROUND
Representatives of the City and Service Employees International Union Local 721 (SEIU) met
and conferred in good faith and entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the
contract period of January 1, 2013, through June 30, 2016.
Pursuant to the terms of the MOU, effective the first full pay period in January 2015, represented
City employees in the 2.7% at 55 Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) pension plan
will make an additional I% contribution toward their pensions, increasing the total PERS
employee contribution to 4%. Employee Paid Member Contributions among both represented
and unrepresented employees will be consistent going forward.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other actions as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The adoption of this resolution will reduce the City's re -occurring PERS pension costs by an
estimated $32,419 per year.
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RESOLUTION 15 -
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA, BETWEEN THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION CALIFORNIA PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA FOR
EMPLOYER PAID MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS
WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of Santa Clarita has the authority to
implement Government Code 20691;
WHEREAS, one of the steps in the procedures to implement or change Section 20691
is the adoption by the governing body of the City of Santa Clarita of a Resolution regarding said
Employer Paid Member Contributions (EPMC); and
WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of Santa Clarita has identified the
following conditions and purpose related to EPMC:
• All unrepresented, miscellaneous employees in group 001 in 2.7% at 55 hired prior to
April 9, 2011, shall receive 4% EPMC.
• All represented employees in group 002, Service Employees International Union
Local 721 (SEIU), in 2.7% at 55 hired prior to April 9, 2011, shall receive 4% EPMC
effective the first full pay period in January 2015.
• All unrepresented, miscellaneous employees and all represented employees in 2.0% at
60 hired on or after April 9, 2011, shall receive 0% EPMC.
• All unrepresented, miscellaneous employees and all represented employees in 2.0% at
62 hired on or after January 1, 2013, shall receive 0% EPMC.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita does hereby resolve
as follows:
SECTION 1. The City of Santa Clarita elects to provide EPMC as set forth above.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 13`" day of January 2015.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
DATE:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Kevin Tonoian, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a
regular meeting thereof, held on the 13a' day of January 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
CITY CLERK
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