Ordinance No. 1205ORDINANCE NO. 1205
AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VERNON APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN
AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF VERNON AND THE BOARD OF
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the Public Employees' Retirement Law permits the
participation of public agencies and their employees in the Public
Employees' Retirement System (PERS), by the execution of a contract, and
sets.forth the procedure by which public agencies may elect to subject
themselves and their employees to amendments to said Law; and
WHEREAS, the PERS Board of Administration and the City of
Vernon entered into a contract effective November 1, 1948, and witnessed
October 23, 1948 (the "Contract"), which provides for participation of
the City of Vernon and its employees in the PERS, and have made
amendments to the Contract effective April 1, 1956, October 1, 1960,
July 1, 1966, October 1, 1972, May 1, 1974, November 1, 1975,
December 1, 1976,.March 1, 1979, July 6, 1986, October 17, 1986,
September 7, 1990, January 19, 1991, September 21, 1991, December 24,
1993, October 30, 1994, July 18, 1997, June 30, 2002, February 3, 2007,
May 27, 2007, and June 22, 2008; and
WHEREAS, on April 16, 2013, the City Council adopted.
Resolution No. 2013-47 declaring its intention to approve an amendment
to the Contract to provide Section 20965 (Credit for Unused Sick
Leave), for local safety members only; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 20471, provides that
approval of the Contract shall be by ordinance adopted not less than
20 days after adoption of the resolution of intention; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon wishes to
amend the Contract to provide Section 20965 (Credit for Unused Sick
Leave), for local safety members only.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1: An amendment to the Contract between the City
Council of the City of Vernon and the Board of Administration,
California Public Employees'. Retirement System is hereby approved and
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 or Mayor Pro-Tem of the City Council is
hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to execute said amendment
for, and on behalf of, the City of Vernon.
SECTION 3: Book of Ordinances. The Interim City Clerk, or
Deputy City Clerk, shall attest and certify to the adoption of this
Ordinance and shall cause this Uncodified Ordinance and the Interim
City Clerk's, or Deputy City Clerk's, certification to be entered in
the Book of Ordinances of.the Council of this City. The Interim City
Clerk, or Deputy City Clerk, shall cause this ordinance to be published
or posted as required by law.
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SECTION 4: This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in
full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day
after its passage.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 2013.
'u' Dana Reed
Interim City Clerk / y
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Name: W. Michael McCormick
Title: Mayor / �zrpvx—rrmrei
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Zaynah v
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, DANA REED, Interim City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance
No. 1205, was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the
City Council of the City of Vernon, held in the City of Vernon on
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, and thereafter adopted at a meeting of
said City Council held on Tuesday, May 07, 2013, by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Mayor McCormick, Mayor
Pro-Tem Davis, Maisano,
Martinez, Ybarra
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
And thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor or Mayor
Pro-Tem of the City of Vernon.
Executed this day of Ma4DaReded
Lnn,alifornia.
Interim City Clerk
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Ca1PERS
California
Public Employees' Retirement System
EXHIBIT
AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT
Between the
Board of Administration
California Public Employees' Retirement System
and the
City Council
City of Vernon
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
November 1, 1948, and witnessed October 23, 1948, and as amended effective April 1,
1956, October 1, 1960, July 1, 1966, October 1, 1972, May 1, 1974, November 1, 1975,
December 1, 1976, March 1, 1979, July 6, 1986, October 17, 1986, September 7, 1990,
January 19, 1991, September 21, 1991, December 24, 1993, October 30, 1994, July 18,
1997, June 30, 2002, February 3, 2007, May 27, 2007 and. June 22, 2008 which
provides for participation of Public Agency in said System, Board and Public Agency
hereby agree as follows:
A. Paragraphs 1 through 13 are hereby stricken from said contract as executed
effective June 22, 2008, and hereby replaced by the following paragraphs
numbered 1 through 14 inclusive:
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.
Public Agency shall participate in the Public Employees' Retirement
System from and after November 1, 1948 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. Public Agency agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CaIPERS) and its
trustees, agents and employees, the CaIPERS Board of Administration,
and the California Public Employees' Retirement Fund from any claims,
demands, actions, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, expenses and
costs, including but not limited to interest, penalties and attorneys fees
that may arise as a result of any of the following:
(a) Public Agency's election to provide retirement benefits,
provisions or formulas under this Contract that are different than
the retirement benefits, provisions or formulas provided under
the Public Agency's prior non-CaIPERS retirement program.
(b) Any dispute, disagreement, claim, or proceeding (including
without limitation arbitration, administrative hearing, or litigation)
between Public Agency and its employees (or their
representatives) which relates to Public Agency's election to
amend this Contract to provide retirement benefits, provisions or
formulas that are different than such employees' existing
retirement benefits, provisions or formulas
(c) Public Agency's agreement with a third party other than
CaIPERS to provide retirement benefits, provisions, or formulas
that are different than the retirement benefits, provisions or
formulas provided under this Contract and provided for under
the California Public Employees' Retirement Law.
4. 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).
5. 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
6. The percentage of final compensation to be provided for each year of
credited prior and. current service as a local miscellaneous member in
employment before and not on or after June 22, 2008 shall be determined
in accordance with Section 21354 of said Retirement Law (2% at age 55
Full).
7. The percentage of final compensation to be provided for each year of
credited prior and current service as a local miscellaneous member in
employment on or after June 22, 2008 shall be determined in accordance
with Section 21354.5 of said Retirement Law (2.7% at age 55 Full).
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 21571 (Basic Level of 1959 Survivor Benefits) for local
police members only.
b. Sections 21624, 21626 and 21628 (Post -Retirement Survivor
Allowance).
C. Section 21024 (Military Service Credit as Public Service).
d. Section 20042 (One -Year Final Compensation).
e. Section 21573 (Third Level of 1959 Survivor Benefits) for local
miscellaneous members only.
f. Section 21548 (Pre -Retirement Option 2W Death Benefit) for local
miscellaneous members and local fire members only.
g. Section 21574 (Fourth Level of 1959 Survivor Benefits) for local fire
members only.
h. Section 20965 (Credit for Unused Sick Leave) for local safety
members only:
10. Public Agency, in accordance with Government Code Section 20790,
ceased to be an "employer" for purposes of Section 20834 effective on
November 1, 1975. 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 members 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 21573 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.
b. 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 fire 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 be effective on the
BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
F-M
KAREN DE FRANK, CHIEF
CUSTOMER ACCOUNT SERVICES DIVISION
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
AMENDMENT CaIPERS ID#3431795727
PERS-CON-702A
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CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF VERNON
BY
PRESIDING OFFICER
Witness Date
ISmi
Clerk
CITY OF VERNON CITY COUNCIL MEETING
APRIL 16, 2013
ORDINANCE NO. 1205 SUMMARY
A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE FULL TEXT OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 1205
IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK LOCATED AT 4305
SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA.
Ordinance No. 1205 was duly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Vernon held on April 16, 2013. Ordinance No. 1205 is scheduled to be approved
and adopted by said Council at a regular meeting to be held on May 7, 2013.
On May 7, 2013, the City Council of the City of Vernon is proposing to adopt Ordinance
No. 1205 Approving and Authorizing an Amendment to the Contract between the City
Council of the City of Vernon and the Board of Administration of the Public Employees'
Retirement System for the purpose of approving an amendment to provide Section 20965
(Credit for Unused Sick Time), for local safety members, only.
Dana Reed, Interim City Clerk of the City of Vernon, does hereby certify that Ordinance
No. 1205 was duly introduced to the City Council of the City of Vernon at a regular
meeting held on April 16, 2013, and said Ordinance is scheduled to be approved and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council to be held on May 7, 2013.
Dated: L - 9 7 -/
D a Reed, Interim City Clerk
CITY OF VERNON CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 7, 2013
ORDINANCE NO. 1205 SUMMARY
A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE FULL TEXT OF ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 1205
IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK LOCATED AT 4305
SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA.
On May 7, 2013, the City Council of the City of Vernon Approved and Adopted
Ordinance No. 1205 Approving and Authorizing an Amendment to the Contract between
the City Council of the City of Vernon and the Board of Administration of the Public
Employees' Retirement System for the purpose of approving an amendment to provide
Section 20965 (Credit for Unused Sick Time), for local safety members, only.
I, Dana Reed, Interim City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby certify that Ordinance
No. 1205 was duly approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at a
regular meeting held on May 7, 2013, and passed by said Council by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
Dated:
McCormick, Davis, Maisano,
Ybarra, and Martinez
None
None
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Dana Reed, Interim City Clerk
California Public Employees' Retirement System
Customer Account Services Division
Retirement Account Services Section
P.O. Box 942709
Sacramento, CA 94229-2709
TTY: (877) 249-7442
8888 CalPERS
(ory8888-225-7377) phone - (916) 795-3005 fax
Ca1PERS
May 6, 2013 CalPERS ID# 3431795727
Ms. Teresa Mcallister
City of Vernon
4305 Santa Fe Avenue
Vernon, CA 90058
Dear Ms. Mcallister:
We have received the Resolution of Intention to amend your CalPERS contract to
provide Section 20965 (Credit for Unused Sick Leave) for local safety members only.
Enclosed are the following documents necessary to complete the proposed
amendment:
Amendment to Contract.
2. Certification of Final Action of Governing Body (Form CON-5).
Your agency adopted the Resolution of Intention on April 16, 2013, therefore, the
earliest date the final Ordinance could have been adopted was May 6, 2013, pursuant
to Government Code Section 20471. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS LAW.
The effective date of this amendment cannot be earlier than the first day of a payroll
period following the effective date of the Ordinance. Please insert the effective date on
the last page of the Amendment to Contract.
The following documents must be submitted through mylCalPERS and the original
documents must be returned to this office by mail. ORIGINAL SIGNATURES ARE
REQUIRED ON ALL CONTRACTS.
Amendment to Contract, two original executed sets.
2. Ordinance, original or certified copy.
3. Certification of Final Action of Governing Body (CON-5), original.
California Public Employees' Retirement System
www.calpers.ca.gov
City of Vernon
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Please notify your personnel/payroll staff and any others who submit payroll or
membership documents to CalPERS on behalf of the agency, such as county courts
and port districts, of the following information as of the effective date of the amendment
to the contract:
The employer contribution rate on the contract amendment effective date will be
28.602% of reportable earnings for local safety members.
Please do not retype the Amendment to Contract and/or agreement documents.
Only documents provided by this office will be accepted. If you have a problem
with any of the documents, please contact this office prior to presenting to your
governing body for adoption. Another contract amendment cannot be started
until this amendment is completed or cancelled.
A copy of the contract will be returned for your records after it has been executed by
CalPERS.
If you have any questions, please call (888) CalPERS (225-7377).
Sincerely, ^ "a , C
V
RD
Danielle Brooks
Employer Representative
Public Agency Contract Services
Enclosures
CONTRACT/AMENDMENT SIGNATURE ROUTING FORM
CONTRACTOR: California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPER
CONTRACT PURPOSE: Amendment to Contract to add benefit 20965, Credit for Unused Sick leave to the safetyl2lans
CONTRACT IS: ❑ FEDERAL ❑ PREVAILING WAGE ❑ COMPETIVE SELECTION & NOTICED RFP
❑COMPETITIVE BID & NOTICED INVITATION TO BID
❑ EXEMPT FROM COMPETITIVE PROCESS (APPROVAL ATTACHED)
❑ SERVICES ❑ MATERIALS ❑ BUDGETED ❑ NOT BUDGETED
TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE: $ Charge Acet. No(s)
Amendment Value $ ❑ Contract is an Amendment to Contract No. if Applicable)
RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT PERSON: PHONE: X
AUTHORIZATION: MPEf Approved by Council on'May 7. 2013
(Check One) Ordinance No. 1205 (if applicable)
❑ Approved by City Administrator on
Note: Attach supporting documentation
❑Amendment Approved by (if applicable)
ROUTING SEQUENCE: (Please Follow In Order — Do not use N/A) Initials Date
(1) Responsible Department Person
Checks substance of contract and assembles two (2) copies of
Contract, insurance & bond documents, certifies compliance
With Competitive Bidding and Purchasing Ordinance `a N
(2) Liability and Claims 64
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Approves insurance and sureties, if bonds required Vr L
(3) Finance (Purchasing)
Checks compliance with Competitive Bidding & Living Wage Ordinances
And reflected in current budget
(4) City Attorney
Approves contract as to form, verifies bonds and insurance included
(5) City Signatory
Signs all copies on behalf of City 5—/V'
(6) City Clerk 7
Attests signatures, numbers, files contract, insurance and bonds, and �t 3
transmits duplicate original to contractor
Rev.-0/25/13
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
4305 Santa Fe Avenue, Vernon, California 90058
May 15, 2013
Ms. Danielle Brooks
Employer Representative
Public Agency Contract Services
California Public Employees' Retirement System
P. O. Box 942709
Sacramento, CA 94229-2709
Re: CalPERS ID# 3431795727 Amendment to Contract to Provide Section 20965 (Credit for
Unused Sick Leave) for Local Safety Members
Dear Ms. Brooks:
In accordance with your letter of May 6, 2013, enclosed please find the following documents:
1. Certified copy of Ordinance No. 1205, together with an original Certification of Final
Action of Governing Body (Form CON-5)
2. Two original executed sets of the Amendments to Contract
Please ensure that a fully executed original Amendment to Contract is returned to my attention
for our file.
Sinc ly,
De or
R. Juarez �(
Records Management Assistant
Enclosures
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William Fox
Teresa McAllister
Mark Whitworth
Ordinance No. 1205
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Actuarial and Employer Services Branch
Public Agency Contract Services
P.O. Box 942709
Sacramento, CA 94229-2709
(888) CalPERS (225-7377)
CERTIFICATION
OF
FINAL ACTION OF GOVERNING BODY
I hereby certify that the City Council of the
(governing body)
City of Vernon
(public agency)
considered and adopted on May 7 , 2013 by an affirmative
(date)
vote of a majority of the members of said Governing Body, Ordinance /-Reselutiea No.
1205 approving the attached contractual agreement between the Governing
Body of said Agency and the Board of Administration of the California Public
Employees' Retirement System, a certified copy of said Ordinance l Reselution in the
form furnished by said Board of Administration being attached hereto.
Adoption of the retirement benefit increase/change was not placed on the consent
calendar.
Dana Reed
Interim City Clerk
Title
Date
PERS-CON-5 (Rev. 6/09)
CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES)
I, Dana Reed, Interim City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
County of Los Angeles, State of California, hereby certify that
the attached is a full and complete copy of:
ORDINANCE NO. 1205 - An Uncodified Ordinance of the City
Council of the City of Vernon Approving and Authorizing an
Amendment to the Contract between the City Council of the
City of Vernon and the Board of Administration of the Public
Employees' Retirement System
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official Seal of the City of V rnon, County of Los
Angeles, State of California, on this day of May 2013.
SEAL:
im City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 1205
AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VERNON APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN
AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF VERNON AND THE BOARD OF
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the Public Employees' Retirement Law permits the
participation of public agencies and their employees in the Public
Employees' Retirement System (PERS), by the execution of a contract, and
sets forth the procedure by which public agencies may elect to subject
themselves and their employees to amendments to said Law; and
WHEREAS, the PERS Board of Administration and the City of
Vernon entered into a contract effective November 1, 1948, and witnessed
October 23, 1948 (the "Contract"), which provides for participation of
the City of Vernon and its employees in the PERS, and have made
amendments to the Contract effective April 1, 1956, October 1, 1960,
July 1, 1966, October 1, 1972, May 1, 1974, November 1, 1975,
December 1, 1976, March 1, 1979, July 6, 1986, October 17, 1986,
September 7, 1990, January 19, 1991, September 21, 1991, December 24,
1993, October 30, 1994, July 18, 1997, June 30, 2002, February 3, 2007,
May 27, 2007, and June 22, 2008; and
WHEREAS, on April 16, 2013, the City Council adopted
Resolution No. 2013-47 declaring its intention to approve an amendment
to the Contract to provide Section 20965 (Credit for Unused Sick
Leave), for local safety members only; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 20471, provides that
approval of the Contract shall be by ordinance adopted not less than
20 days after adoption of the resolution of intention; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon wishes to
amend the Contract to provide Section 20965 (Credit for Unused Sick
Leave), for local safety members only.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1: An amendment to the Contract between the City
Council of the City of Vernon and the Board of Administration,
California Public Employees' Retirement System is hereby approved and
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 or Mayor Pro-Tem of the City Council is
hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to execute said amendment
for, and on behalf of, the City of Vernon.
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The Interim City Clerk, or
Deputy City Clerk, shall attest and certify to the adoption of this
Ordinance and shall cause this Uncodified Ordinance and the Interim
City Clerk's, or Deputy City Clerk's, certification to be entered in
the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this City. The Interim City
Clerk, or Deputy City Clerk, shall cause this ordinance to be published
or posted as required by law.
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SECTION 4: This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in
full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day
after its passage.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 2013.
Name: W• Michael McCormick
Title: Mayor /�,aycri- cra icr
Interim City Clerk ,� 8er�itp—Elr��
APPR VED AS TO FORM:
ZaynaV M ussa, Deputy City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, DANA REED, Interim City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance
zaasziu— - etingoly-andregularp=introduced-at &-me
City
AYES: Councilmembers: Mayor McCormick, Mayor
Pro-Tem Davis, Maisano,
Martinez, Ybarra
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ASSENT: Councilmembers: None
And thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor or Mayor
Pro-Tem of the City of Vernon.
Executed this —lb— day of May, 20 3, (at�U rn , California.
W
Dan Reed
Interim City Clerk
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Ca1PERS
California
Public Employees' Retirement System
EXHIBIT
AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT
Between the
Board of Administration
California Public Employees' Retirement System
and the
City Council
City of Vernon
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
November 1, 1948, and witnessed October 23, 1948, and as amended effective April 1,
1956, October 1, 1960, July 1, 1966, October 1, 1972, May 1, 1974, November 1, 1975,
December 1, 1976, March 1, 1979, July 6, 1986, October 17, 1986, September 7, 1990,
January 19, 1991, September 21, 1991, December 24, 1993, October 30, 1994, July 18,
1997, June 30, 2002, February 3, 2007, May 27, 2007 and June 22, 2008 which
provides for participation of Public Agency in said System, Board and Public Agency
hereby agree as follows:
A. Paragraphs 1 through 13 are hereby stricken from said contract as executed
effective June 22, 2008, and hereby replaced by the following paragraphs
numbered 1 through 14 inclusive:
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.
2. Public Agency shall participate in the Public Employees' Retirement
System from and after November 1, 1948 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- - rovisions_thereof,-apply_-0nly -on—the -election -of—a--contractin
agency.
3. Public Agency agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CaIPERS) and its
trustees, agents and employees, the CaIPERS Board of Administration,
and the California Public Employees' Retirement Fund from any claims,
demands, actions, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, expenses and
costs, including but not limited to interest, penalties and attorneys fees
that may arise as a result of any of the following:
(a) Public Agency's election to provide retirement benefits,
provisions or formulas under this Contract that are different than
the retirement benefits, provisions or formulas provided under
the Public Agency's prior non-CaIPERS retirement program.
(b) Any dispute, disagreement, claim, or proceeding (including
without limitation arbitration, administrative hearing, or litigation)
between Public Agency and its employees (or their
representatives) which relates to Public Agency's election to
amend this Contract to provide retirement benefits, provisions or
formulas that are different than such employees' existing
retirement benefits, provisions or formulas
(c) Public Agency's agreement with a third party other than
CaIPERS to provide retirement benefits, provisions, or formulas
that are different than the retirement benefits, provisions or
formulas provided under this Contract and provided for under
the California Public Employees' Retirement Law.
4. 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).
5. 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
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credited prior and current service as a local miscellaneous member in
employment before and not on or after June 22, 2008 shall be determined
in accordance with Section 21354 of said Retirement Law (2% at age 55
Full).
7. The percentage of final compensation to be provided for each year of
credited prior and current service as a local miscellaneous member in
employment on or after June 22, 2008 shall be determined in accordance
with Section 21354.5 of said Retirement Law (2.7% at age 55 Full).
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 21571 (Basic Level of 1959 Survivor Benefits) for local
police members only.
b. Sections 21624, 21626 and 21628 (Post -Retirement Survivor
Allowance).
C. Section 21024 (Military Service Credit as Public Service).
d. Section 20042 (One -Year Final Compensation).
e. Section 21573 (Third Level of 1959 Survivor Benefits) for local
miscellaneous members only.
f. Section 21546 (Pre -Retirement Option 2W Death Benefit) for local
miscellaneous members and local fire members only.
g. Section 21574 (Fourth Level of 1959 Survivor Benefits) for local fire
members only.
h. Section 20965 (Credit for Unused Sick Leave) for local safety
members only.
10. Public Agency, in accordance with Government Code Section 20790,
ceased to be an "employer" for purposes of Section 20834 effective on
November 1, 1975. 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 members 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 21573 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.
b. 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 fire 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
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errors in contributions required of any employee may be made by direct
payments between the employee and the Board.
B. This amendment shall be effective on the day of
BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION CITY COUNCIL
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM CITY OF VERNON
BY
KAREN DE FRANK, CHIEF
CUSTOMER ACCOUNT SERVICES DIVISION
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
AMENDMENT CaIPERS ID#3431795727
PERS-CON-702A
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PRESIDING OFFICER
Witness Date
Attest:
Clerk
California Public Employees' Retirement System
Customer Account Services Division
Retirement Account Services Section
P.O. Box 942709
Sacramento, CA 94229-2709
�j TTY: (877) 249-7442
CC^'��T� 888 CalPERS (or 888-225-7377) phone - (916) 795-3005 fax
aIPERS www.calpers.ca.gov
July 2, 2013
Ms. Teresa Mcallister
City of Vernon
4305 Santa Fe Avenue
Vernon, CA 90058
Dear Ms. Mcallister:
RECEIVED
JUL 16 2013
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
CaIPERS ID # 3431795727
The contract amendment has been executed by CaIPERS. The effective date of the
contract amendment is June 16, 2013.
If you have any questions regarding your contract, please do not hesitate to contact our
office at (888) CalPERS (225-7377).
Sincerely,
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Retirement Contract Services
DB:mc
Enclosure
California Public Employees' Retirement System
www.calpers.ca.gov
CaIPERS
California
Public Employees' Retirement System
AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT
Between the
.Board of Administration
California Public Employees' Retirement System
and the
City Council
City of Vernon
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
November 1, 1948, and witnessed October 23, 1948, and as amended effective April 1,
1956, October 1, 1960, July 1, 1966, October 1, 1972, May 1, 1974, November 1, 1975,
December 1, 1976, March 1, 1979, July 6, 1986, October 17, 1986, September 7; 1990,
January 19, 1991, September21, 1991, December24, 1993, October 30, 1994, July 18,
1997, June 30, 2002, February 3, 2007, May 27, 2007 and June 22, 2008 which
provides for participation of Public Agency in said System, Board and Public Agency
hereby agree as follows:
A. Paragraphs 1 through 13 are hereby stricken from said contract as executed
effective June 22, 2008, 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.
2. PublicAgency shall participate in the Public Employees' Retirement'
System from and after ° November 1, 1948 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. Public Agency agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and its
trustees, agents and employees, the CaIPERS Board of Administration,
and the California Public' Employees' Retirement Fund from any claims,
demands, actions, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, expenses and
costs, including but not limited to interest, penalties and attorneys fees
that may arise as a result of any of the following:
(a) Public Agency's; election to provide retirement benefits,
provisions or formulas under this Contract that are different than
the retirement benefits, provisions or formulas provided under
the Public Agency's prior non-CalPERS retirement; program.
(b) Any dispute; disagreement, claim, or proceeding (including
without limitation arbitration, administrative hearing, or litigation)
between Public. Agency and its employees (or their
representatives) which relates to Public Agency's election to
amend this Contract to provide retirement benefits, provisions or
formulas that are different than such employees' existing
retirement benefits, provisions or formulas
(c) Public Agency's agreement with a third party other than
CalPERS to provide retirement benefits, provisions, or formulas
that are different than the retirement benefits, provisions or;
formulas provided under this Contract and provided for under
the California Public Employees' Retirement Law.
4. 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).
5. 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
6. The percentage of final compensation to be provided for each year of
credited prior and current service as alocal miscellaneous member in
employment before and not on or after June 22, 2008 shall be determined
in accordance with Section 21354 of said Retirement Law (2% at age 55
Full).
7. The percentage of final compensation to be provided for each year of
credited prior and current service as a local miscellaneous member in
employment on or after June 22, 2008 shall be determined in accordance
with Section 21354.5 of said Retirement Law (2.7%d at age 55 Full).
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 21571 (Basic Level of 1959 Survivor Benefits) for local
police members only.
b. Sections' 21624, 21626 and 21628 (Post -Retirement Survivor
Allowance).
C. Section 21024 (Military Service Credit as Public Service).
d. Section 20042 (One -Year final Compensation).
e. Section'21573 (Third Level of 1959 Survivor Benefits) for local
miscellaneous members only.
f. Section 21548 (Pre -Retirement Option 2W Death Benefit) for local
miscellaneous members and local fire members only.
g. Section 21574 (Fourth Level of 1959 Survivor Benefits) for local fire
members only.
h. Section 20965 (Credit for Unused Sick Leave) for local safety,
members only:
10. Public Agency, in accordance with Government Code Section 20790,
ceased" to be an "employer" for purposes of Section 20834 effective on
November 1, 1975. Accumulated contributions of Public Agency shall be
fixed and determined as provided in Government Code 20834,and
208,
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 members 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 21573 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.
b. 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 fire 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 be effective on the 16th day of June 2013
BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION CITY COUNCIL
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM CITY OF VERNON
BY
PMESIDING OFFICER
CUSTOMER ACCOUNT SERVICES DIVISION W:. Michael McCormick, Mayor
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
WitneEfs Dat
Reed, Interim City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Zaynah fussa, Deputy City Attorney
AMENDMENT CaIPERS ID #3431795727
PERS-CON-702A
spec,
RECEIVED
MAR 2 5 2013
CITY CLERK'S OfFICE
STAFF REPORT
DATE: April 16, 2013
CITY ADMINISTRATION
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Mark.C. Whitworth, City Administratort�L.+�r' .
RE: A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON, CALIFORNIA, TO APPROVE
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BOARD. OF
ADMINISTRATION OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF VERNON
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council:
1) Find that approval of the proposed resolution of intention and ordinance amending the
contract between the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees'
Retirement System and the City Council City of Vernon is exempt under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with Section 15061(b)(3), the general
rule that CEQA only applies to projects that may have an effect on the environment.
2) Approve and adopt the attached Resolution of Intention and related certification of
compliance to amend the contract between the Board of Administration of the California
Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the City Council City of Vernon
to add benefit 20965, Credit for Unused Sick leave to the safety plans.
3) Approve for first reading the proposed Ordinance to amend the contract between the
Board of Administration of the California Public Employees' Retirement System
(CalPERS) and the City Council City of Vernon to add benefit 20965, Credit for Unused
Sick leave to the safety plans.
Backaround
The City and the City of Vernon Safety groups concluded labor negotiations on June 18, 2012
regarding wages, benefits and working conditions for the 2012/2014 Memorandum of
Understanding. On June 19, 2012, the City Council approved changes to the benefits and
contract language incorporated into an agreement with the Public Safety Groups. One of these
benefits was that the City agrees to provide additional supplemental retirement benefits to the
Safety unit employees under PERS to include Government Code Section 20965, Credit for
Unused Sick Leave.
Simultaneous to the adoption of the MOU by City Council on June 19, 2012, a recommendation
regarding the CalPERS Unused Sick Leave Credit was also placed on the City Council agenda
by staff recommending that City Council forego amending the City's CaIPERS contract to add
benefit Section 20965, Credit for Unused Sick leave. This benefit option was first offered as an
option by way of a Citywide Sick Leave Policy (Resolution No. 9267) on March 5, 2007 and
was never enacted thereafter. Staffs recommendation to forego the sick leave conversion option
was based upon the CalPERS Actuarial in which the City's rates would increase for 2012-2013
and 2013-2014 fiscal year. On June 19, 2012, the same day the Firefighter and Police Officer
MOUs' were adopted, the City Council also adopted the recommendation to forego
implementation of the CalPERS Unused Sick Leave benefit and amended the City's Sick Leave
Policy to remove same (Resolution No. 2012-111).
Subsequently, on December 10, 2012, and March 5, 2013, the City was notified through
representatives of the Fire and Police Groups respectively, that the City failed to amend its
contract with CalPERS to implement the benefit specified above which provides that unused sick
leave may be converted to service credit.. Because the provision of that benefit is clearly set forth
in the Memorandum of Understanding between the Associations and the City, the Association's
legal representatives have demanded that the City Council promptly take all action necessary to
amend its contract with CalPERS to implement the specified benefit.
Consequently, Government Code Section 7507 requires that the future annual costs or benefit
change of the proposed contract be made public at a public meeting at least two weeks prior to
the adoption of the final ordinance.
The Unused Sick Leave conversion is for full-time vested employees. The benefit allows
employees to convert their unused sick leave to additional service credit upon retirement.
Disclosure of the cost of this Contact Amendment (Safety)
1) Change in the Present Value of Benefits $608,851
2) Change in the Accrued Liability $459,562
3) Change in the Total Employer Rate 13/14 .470% $53,035.00 estimate cost
4) Est. Change in the Total Employer Rate 14/15 1.498% $169,034.00 estimate cost
Government Code Section 20471 requires a 20 day period between the adoption of the
Resolution of Intention and the adoption of the final Ordinance. There are no exceptions to this
law.
Fiscal Impact
The anticipated cost related to the implementation of the CalPERS Benefit 20965, Unused Sick
Leave Conversion benefit is estimated to be $53,035.00 for fiscal year 2013/14 and $169,034.00
for fiscal year 2014/15.