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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance - 2300 - Amend contract Cal PERS ORDINANCE NO. 2 3 00 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING AND THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The City Council of the City of Redding does ordain as follows: Section 1. That an amendment to the contract between the City Council of the City of Redding and the Board of Administration, California Public Employees' Retirement System is hereby authorized, a copy of said amendment being attached hereto, marked Exhibit, 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 said amendment for and on behalf of said Agency. Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect 30 days after the date of its adoption, and prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage thereof shall be published at least once in the Redding Record-Searchlight, a newspaper of general circulation,published and circulated in the City of Redding, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Ordinance was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 3rd day of September,2002;and was read and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 1st day of October, 2002,by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Cibula, McGeorge, Pohlmeyer, Stegall and Kight NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None tc_ PAT KIGHT, Mayor ATTEST: FORM APPROVED: 4,1 CONNIE S?' ' OHMAYE 0t1Clerk BRAD L. FULLER, City Attorn• D:\work\COUNCIL\9-3-02.pers.ord.3@50-fire.wpd Ca1PERS EXHIBIT California Public Employees' Retirement System AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT Between the Board of Administration California Public Employees' Retirement System and the City Council City of Redding 441110. The Board of Administration, California Public Employees' Retirement System, hereinafter referred to as Board, and the governing body of the above public agency, hereinafter referred to as Public Agency, having entered into a contract effective January 1, 1954, and witnessed December 8, 1953, and as amended effective October 1, 1956 June 1, 1962, March 21, 1965, October 27, 1968, January 1, 1969, December 19, 1971, February 1, 1974, December 26, 1976, July 1, 1977, November 26, 1978, April 1, 1979, July 6, 1980, July 5, 1981, January 3, 1982, March 27, 1983, June 30, 1985, June 29, 1986, December 1, 1989, January 6, 1995, May 19, 1995, February 8, 1998, July 3, 1998, February 2, 2001 and November 24, 2002 which provides for participation of Public Agency in said System, Board and Public Agency hereby agree as follows: A. Paragraphs 1 through 15 are hereby stricken from said contract as executed effective November 24, 2002, and hereby replaced by the following paragraphs numbered 1 through 14 inclusive: 1. All words and terms used herein which are defined in the Public Employees' Retirement Law shall have the meaning as defined therein unless otherwise specifically provided. "Normal retirement age" shall mean age 55 for local miscellaneous members and age 50 for local safety members. PLEASE DO NOT ' 'N "EXH EPTONLY" 2. Public Agency shall participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System from and after January 1, 1954 making its employees as hereinafter provided, members of said System subject to all provisions of the Public Employees' Retirement Law except such as apply only on election of a contracting agency and are not provided for herein and to all amendments to said Law hereafter enacted except those, which by express provisions thereof, apply only on the election of a contracting agency. 3. Employees of Public Agency in the following classes shall become members of said Retirement System except such in each such class as are excluded by law or this agreement: a. Local Fire Fighters (herein referred to as local safety members); b. Local Police Officers (herein referred to as local safety members); c. Employees other than local safety members (herein referred to as local miscellaneous members). 4. In addition to the classes of employees excluded from membership by said Retirement Law, the following classes of employees shall not become members of said Retirement System: NO ADDITIONAL EXCLUSIONS 5. Prior to January 1, 1975, those members who were hired by Public Agency on a temporary and/or seasonal basis not to exceed 6 months were excluded from PERS membership by contract. Government Code Section 20336 superseded this contract provision by providing that any such temporary and/or seasonal employees are excluded from PERS membership subsequent to January 1, 1975. Legislation repealed and replaced said Section with Government Code Section 20305 effective July 1, 1994. 6. This contract shall be a continuation of the benefits of the contract of the Cascade Community Services District and the Enterprise Public Utility District, hereinafter referred to as "Former Agencies", pursuant to Section 20508 of the Government Code, Former Agencies having ceased to exist and succeeded by Public Agency on June 23, 1976 and December 22, 1976, respectively. Public Agency, by this contract amendment dated July 1, 1977, assumes the accumulated contributions and assets derived therefrom and liability for prior and current service under Former Agencies' contracts with respect to the Former Agencies' employees. Legislation repealed Section 20508, Statutes of 1949, effective January 1, 1988. FLEASE DO NC ,IGN "EXHiv -iONLY• , 7. The percentage of final compensation to be provided for each year of credited prior and current service for local miscellaneous members shall be determined in accordance with Section 21354 of said Retirement Law, subject to the reduction provided therein for service on and after January 1, 1969, the effective date of Social Security coverage, and prior to December 31, 1981, termination of Social Security, for members whose service has been included in Federal Social Security (2% at age 55 Full and Modified). 8. The percentage of final compensation to be provided for each year of credited prior and current service as a local safety member shall be determined in accordance with Section 21362.2 of said Retirement Law (3% at age 50 Full). 9. Public Agency elected and elects to be subject to the following optional provisions: a. Section 21222.1 (One-Time 5% Increase - 1970). Legislation repealed said Section effective January 1, 1980. b. Section 21024 (Military Service Credit as Public Service), Statutes of 1974. c. Section 21024 (Military Service Credit as Public Service), Statutes of 1976. d. Section 20965 (Credit for Unused Sick Leave). e. Section 20042 (One-Year Final Compensation). f. Sections 21624, 21626 and 21628 (Post-Retirement Survivor Allowance). g. Section 21427 (Improved Nonindustrial Disability Allowance) for local safety members only. h. Section 20614, Statutes of 1978, (Reduction of Normal Member Contribution Rate). From November 26, 1978 and until March 31, 1979, the normal local miscellaneous member and local safety member contribution rates shall be reduced by 1%; form April 1, 1979 through July 5, 1980, the normal local miscellaneous members and local safety member contribution rates shall be reduced by 2%; from July 6, 1980 through January 2, 1982, the normal local miscellaneous member contribution rate shall be reduced by 3%; and from July 6, 1980 through March 26, 1983, the normal local safety member contribution rate shall be reduced by 3%. Legislation repealed said Section effective September 29, 1980. PLEASE DO NOT Sir' "EXHIBIT ONLY" i. Section 20690, Statutes of 1980, (To Prospectively Revoke Section 20614, Statutes of 1978). j. Section 21574 (Fourth Level of 1959 Survivor Benefits) for local safety members only. k. Section 21574.5 (Indexed Level of 1959 Survivor Benefits) for local miscellaneous members only. 10. Public Agency, in accordance with Government Code Section 20790, ceased to be an "employer" for purposes of Section 20834 effective on December 26, 1976. Accumulated contributions of Public Agency shall be fixed and determined as provided in Government Code Section 20834, and accumulated contributions thereafter shall be held by the Board as provided in Government Code Section 20834. 11. Public Agency shall contribute to said Retirement System the contributions determined by actuarial valuations of prior and future service liability with respect to local miscellaneous mmebers and local safety members of said Retirement System. 12. Public Agency shall also contribute to said Retirement System as follows: a. Contributions required per covered member on account of the 1959 Survivor Benefits provided under Section 21574 of said Retirement Law. (Subject to annual change.) In addition, all assets and liabilities of Public Agency and its employees shall be pooled in a single account, based on term insurance rates, for survivors of all local safety members. b. Contributions required per covered member on account of the 1959 Survivor Benefits provided under Section 21574.5 of said Retirement Law. (Subject to annual change.) In addition, all assets and liabilities of Public Agency and its employees shall be pooled in a single account, based on term insurance rates, for survivors of all local miscellaneous members. c. A reasonable amount, as fixed by the Board, payable in one installment within 60 days of date of contract to cover the costs of administering said System as it affects the employees of Public Agency, not including the costs of special valuations or of the periodic investigation and valuations required by law. d. A reasonable amount, as fixed by the Board, payable in one installment as the occasions arise, to cover the costs of special valuations on account of employees of Public Agency, and costs of the periodic investigation and valuations required by law. 13. Contributions required of Public Agency and its employees shall be subject to adjustment by Board on account of amendments to the Public Employees' Retirement Law, and on account of the experience under the Retirement System as determined by the periodic investigation and valuation required by said Retirement Law. 14. Contributions required of Public Agency and its employees shall be paid by Public Agency to the Retirement System within fifteen days after the end of the period to which said contributions refer or as may be prescribed by Board regulation. If more or less than the correct amount of contributions is paid for any period, proper adjustment shall be made in connection with subsequent remittances. Adjustments on account of errors in contributions required of any employee may be made by direct payments between the employee and the Board. B. This amendment shall beective on the day of BOARD OF ADMINISTRATIO •c CITY COUNCIL 0 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETII MENT SYSTEM CITY OF REDD t BY BY .1-44/ KENNETH W. MARZION HIEF PRESIDINOFFICER ACTUARIAL & EMPLO L=' SERVICES DIVISION PUBLIC EMPLOYEES'ajETIREMENT SYSTEM ,o O Witness Date ® d CO 44/ Clerk AMENDMENT ER#329 PERS-CON-702A(Rev. 8\02)