HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11132012 - SD.4RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution 2012/480 making Government Code section 31870 (Two Percent Cost of Living Adjustment to
Retirement Benefit) applicable to employees represented by either the Contra Costa County Deputy District
Attorneys’ Association or the Contra Costa County Defenders’ Association, who become members of CCCERA on
and after January 1, 2013.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Implementation of a change in the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) to the pension benefit for employees
represented either by the Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorneys Association or by the Contra Costa County
Defenders’ Association, who become members of CCCERA on and after January 1, 2013, is intended to result in
long term savings for both the employees and the County.
BACKGROUND:
In the respective Memoranda of Understanding ratified by the Associations and approved by the Board of
Supervisors on November 6, 2012, the parties agreed that employees represented by the Associations
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 11/13/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYES 5 NOES ____
ABSENT ____ ABSTAIN ____
RECUSE ____
Contact: Lisa Driscoll, County Finance Director
(925) 335-1023
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered
on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: November 13, 2012
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: Robert Campbell, Auditor-Controller, Ted Cwiek, Human Resources Director, Sharon Anderson, County Counsel, Marilyn Leedom, Retirement
Administrator, Mark Peterson, District Attorney, Robin Lipetzky, Public Defender
SD. 4
To:Board of Supervisors
From:David Twa, County Administrator
Date:November 13, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Implementing Two Percent Cost of Living Adjustment to Retirement Benefit for CCC Deputy District Attorneys’ Association and
Defenders’ Association
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
who become members of CCCERA on or after January 1, 2013, will have up to a two percent banked COLA to their
retirement benefit (Government Code, § 31870), rather than up to a three percent banked COLA (Government Code,
§ 31870.1) as applicable to current non-safety members of CCCERA. Employees hired on or after December 1, 2012,
in classifications eligible for membership in CCCERA, become members of CCCERA on or after January 1, 2013.
(Government Code, § 31552.)
To implement the respective Memoranda of Understanding with the Associations, it is necessary to adopt the
resolution to establish the change to the COLA for future employees. (Government Code, § 31483.)
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Delay in implementation of newly negotiated two percent cost of living adjustment to retirement benefit.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
None.