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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 15-12 PERS Amend Contract ORDINANCE NO. 15 — 2012 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: ADOPTION OF CONTRACT AMENDMENT The adoption of the contract amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein, between the City Council of the City of Dublin and the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees' Retirement System is hereby authorized. Section 2: EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT The Mayor of the City of Dublin is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to execute said contract amendment for and on behalf of the City of Dublin. Section 3: EFFECT: POSTING This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the passage thereof, the City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 18TH day of September, 2012, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Hart, Hildenbrand, Swalwell, and Mayor Sbranti NOES: None ABSENT: Councilmember Biddle ABSTAIN: None J . AledI Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk • Ord No. 15-12,Adopted 9-18-12, Item 4.8 Page 1 of 1 • Ca1PERS EXHIBIT A California Public Employees' Retirement System AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT Between the Board of Administration. California Public Employees ' Retirement System and the City Council City of Dublin 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 February 1, 1983, and witnessed December 13, 1982, and as amended effective April 12, 1986, November 21, 1987, July 1, 2000 and August 20, 2005 which provides for participation of Public Agency in said System, Board and Public Agency hereby agree as follows: A. Paragraphs 1 through 12 are hereby stricken from said contract as executed effective August 20, 2005, and hereby replaced by the following paragraphs numbered 1 through 13 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. 2. Public Agency shall participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System from and after February 1, 1983 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) Public Agency's election to amend this Contract to provide retirement benefits, provisions or formulas that are different than 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. (d) Public Agency's election to file for bankruptcy under Chapter 9 (commencing with section 901) of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code and/or Public Agency's election to reject this Contract with the CaIPERS Board of Administration pursuant to section 365, of Title 11, of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of law. (e) Public Agency's election to assign this Contract without the prior written consent of the CaIPERS' Board of Administration. (f) The termination of this Contract either voluntarily by request of Public Agency or involuntarily pursuant to the Public Employees' Retirement Law. (g) Changes sponsored by Public Agency in existing retirement benefits, provisions or formulas made as a result of amendments, additions or deletions to California statute or to the California Constitution. • 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. 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; a. FIREFIGHTER; AND b. POLICE OFFICERS. 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 August 20, 2005 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 August 20, 2005 shall be determined in accordance with Section 21354.5 of said Retirement Law (2.7% at age 55 Full). 8. Public Agency elected and elects to be subject to the following optional provisions: a. Section 20938 (Limit Prior Service to Members Employed on Contract Date). b. Section 21573 (Third Level of 1959 Survivor Benefits). c. Section 20042 (One-Year Final Compensation). d. Section 20516 (Employees Sharing Cost of Additional Benefits): Section 21354.5 (2.7% @ 55 Full formula) effective August 20, 2005 and Section 20042 (One-Year Final Compensation) effective , July 1, 2000 for local miscellaneous members. The employee cost sharing contributions are not to exceed 4.072%. 9. Public Agency, in accordance with Government Code Section 20834, shall not be considered an "employer" for purposes of the Public Employees' Retirement Law. Contributions of the Public Agency shall be fixed and determined as provided in Government Code Section 20834, and such contributions hereafter made shall be held by the Board as provided in Government Code Section 20834. • 10. 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 of said Retirement System. - 11. 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. 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. c. 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: 12. 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. • • • • • 13. 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 shalt be effective on the day of BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM CITY OF DUBLIN BY BY KAREN DE FRANK, CHIEF PRESIDING OFFICER CUSTOMER ACCOUNT SERVICES DIVISION PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM Witness Date Attest: Clerk • AMENDMENT CaIPERS ID#659853a431 PERS-CON-702A