HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04222014 - D.12RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2014/116 making Government Code section 31870 (Two Percent Cost of Living Adjustment
to Retirement Benefit) applicable to employees represented by Public Employees Union, Local One; Public
Employees Union, Local One, CSB-Site Supervisor Unit; SEIU, Local 1021, Rank & File Unit; and SEIU, Local
1021, Service Line Supervisor Unit, who become New Members of CCCERA on and after July 1, 2014, in the
PEPRA Retirement Tier.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Implementation of a change in the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) to the pension benefit for employees
represented by the Public Employees Union, Local One; Public Employees Union, Local One, CSB-Site Supervisor
Unit; SEIU, Local 1021, Rank & File Unit; and SEIU, Local 1021, Service Line Supervisor Unit, who become New
Members of CCCERA on and after July 1, 2014, in the PEPRA Retirement Tier is intended to result in long term
savings for both the employees and the County.
BACKGROUND:
In the Memoranda of Understanding ratified by the Public Employees Union, Local One; Public Employees Union,
Local One,
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 04/22/2014 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor
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: April 22, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association, Robert Campbell, Auditor-Controller
D.12
To:Board of Supervisors
From:David Twa, County Administrator
Date:April 22, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Implementing Two Perfent Cost of Living Adjustment to Retirement Benefit for Employees in Coalition Bargining
Units
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
CSB-Site Supervisor Unit; SEIU, Local 1021, Rank & File Unit; and SEIU, Local 1021, Service Line Supervisor
Unit and approved by the Board of Supervisors on April 22, 2014, the parties agreed that both safety and
non-safety employees represented by the Public Employees Union, Local One; Public Employees Union, Local
One, CSB-Site Supervisor Unit; SEIU, Local 1021, Rank & File Unit; and SEIU, Local 1021, Service Line
Supervisor Unit who become New Members of CCCERA on or after July 1, 2014, in the PEPRA Retirement Tier
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 certain current members of
CCCERA. Employees hired on or after July 1, 2014, in classifications eligible for membership in CCCERA,
become members of CCCERA on or August 1, 2014. (Government Code, § 31552.)
To implement the Memoranda of Understanding with the Public Employees Union, Local One; Public Employees
Union, Local One, CSB-Site Supervisor Unit; SEIU, Local 1021, Rank & File Unit; and SEIU, Local 1021,
Service Line Supervisor Unit, it is necessary to adopt the resolution to establish the change to the COLA for future
employees in the PEPRA Tier. (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.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
Speakers: Rollie Katz, Public Employees' Union, Local One;
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2014/116