Item 6 - Public Employees' Retirement Systems (PERS) Contract AmendmentaENDA REPORT
CITY OF POWAY
TO Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Man
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INITIATED BY: Susan M. Pulone, Director of Administ ative Services
Joyce A. Posey, Personnel Manage 1 •�'
DATE: October 28,: 1986
SUBJECT: Public Employees.• Retirement System (PERS) Contract
Amendment 1959 Survivor Benefit Program Safety
Employees.
ABSTRACT
The 1986-87 meetand confer process with the Poway Firefighters
Association provided for an amendment to the retirement plan to accom-
modate a higher level of 1959 Survivor benefits. It is recommended
that the City Council adopt a Resolution of Intention to Approve an
Amendment to the PERS contract, and proceed with the first reading of
the Ordinance Authorizing an Amendment to the Contract, as required by
the Retirement System.
BACKGROUND
City employees are not covered by the Social Security System.
Agencies not covered by the Social Security Systemare required by
PERS: to provide the 1959 Survivor Benefit under the retirement system -
The Third Level of 1959 Survivor Benefit will provide for an increase
in the monthly allowance awarded an employee's survivor(s).
In order to amend the contract, the City Council must adopt a
Resolution of Intention to approve an amendment to the contract
between the Board of Administration of the Public Employees'
Retirement System (PERS} and the City Council, make public the cost
implications of the proposed contract amendment and, adopt an
ordinance authorizing an amendment to the contract between the City
Council and PERS.
The cost implication of the proposed amendment is as follows: The
cost to the City for each Safety employee covered under. the program is
$3.50 per month, (.subject to annual change) which computes to an
annual cost of $1344..00.
ACTION:
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended, that the; City Council:
le Adopt. res'o ut on entitled, "A Resolution of , Intention of the
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City Council of the City of Poway, CalifQ nia, to.Contract
between the Board of.Administration of the California Public
Employees' Retirement System and the City�of Towayla.
2. Introduce :and hold. first reading of the ordinance enti.tled.1, .
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"An ordinance of the City of Poway, California, Authorizing
an. Amendment to the Contract Between the City Council and the
Board, of 'Administration of the, California: Public Employees"
Retirement-S,ystem," and set second reading for°November 12,
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RESOLUTION NO. 86-
A RESOLUTION OF DITENTIGN OF
`11:1E CITY =cm OF THE
CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA,
6 BERESS , THE Public: E uployees' Retirement ta.w permits the participationof
public agencies and their employees in the Public loyees' Retirement ` ch said
by the execution of a contract, and sets forth the procedure by
public agencies may elect to subject. themselves and their employees to: amend -
is to said Law; and
WEEMSone. of the steps in the procedure to amend. this contract is the
adoptioni the governing body of •the public agency of a resolution giving
notice of its intention to approve an amendment to said contract, which resolu-
tion shall contain a sugary of the change proposed in said contract; and
WHEREAS, the following is a statement of the proposed change:
Toprovide Section: 21382.4 (Third Level of 1959 Survivor Benefits) for
local fire fighter. members
THEREFORE, BE IT MOWED, that the City Council of the City of ` Poway,
does Nag, t to the contract
hereby give notice of intention to approve an .
the said governing body and. the Board of p nistration of the Public
between
Employees' Retirement System, a copy of said at is ori file in the Office
of the City Clerk.
PASSE}, ADOPTED AND APP •
o D. by the City Council of the 'City of Poway,
Ca3.ifornia, at a regular meeting thereof this 28th day of October, 1986.
ATTEST:
Marjorie K. Wahlsten,``City Clerk
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Carl R. Kruse, Mayor
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE; OF THE CITY
AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC
SYSTEM
OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN
BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
The City Council of the City of Poway does ordain as follows:
Section 1.
That an amendment to the Contractbetween the City Council of the
City of Poway and the Board of Administration,,Californa Public
Employees' Retirement Systems hereby authorized, a copy of said
amendment being attached hereto, marked "Exhibit A", and by such
reference made a part hereof as though herein set out in full.
Section 2.
The Mayor of the City Council is hereby authorized, empowered, and
directed to execute saidamendmentfor and on behalf of said Agency.
ection 3
This Ordinance shall take effect 30` days after the date of its
adoption, and prior to the expiration of 15 days from the passage
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a newspaper of a,_n
.general circulation, published and circulated in the.
City of Poway and. thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in'
full force and effect.:
f shall be published at least once in the Poway News Chieftain,
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Introduced and first read at a regular meeting of
of the City of Poway held the 28th. day of October
thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED ata regular meetin
the City `Council
1986,N and
g' of said City
Council held the day of ,. 1986, by the
following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS
COUNCILMEMBERS
Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk
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CARL R. KRUSE
Mayor.
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