HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11172015 - D.12RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2015/444 making Government Code section 31870 (Two Percent Cost of Living Adjustment
to Retirement Benefit) applicable to employees represented by the California Nurses Association, who become New
Members of CCCERA on or after January 1, 2016, 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 California Nurses' Association, who become New Members of CCCERA on and after January 1,
2016, in the PEPRA Retirement Tier is intended to result in long term savings for both the employees and the County.
BACKGROUND:
In the Memorandum of Understanding ratified by the California Nurses' Association and approved by the Board of
Supervisors on November 17, 2015, the parties agreed that employees represented by the California Nurses'
Association who become New Members of CCCERA on or after January 1, 2016, in the PEPRA Retirement
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 11/17/2015 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: November 17, 2015
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: Ann Elliott, Employee Benefits Manager, Harjit S. Nahal, Assistant County Auditor, County Counsel
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To:Board of Supervisors
From:David Twa, County Administrator
Date:November 17, 2015
Contra
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County
Subject:Implementing Two Percent Cost of Living Adjustment to Retirement Benefit for California Nurses Association
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
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) applicable to certain current members of
CCCERA. Employees hired in 2015 on or after December 1, 2015, in classifications eligible for membership in
CCCERA, become members of CCCERA on or after January 1, 2016. (Government Code, § 31552.)
This change became effective earlier for the Public Health Unit, which was previously part of Local 1 and
recently, due to a unit modification, became represented by the California Nurses' Association. The Board of
Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 2014/116 on April 22, 2014, which implemented a two percent (2%)
retirement allowance for persons in the Public Health Unit who enter County employment on or after June 30,
2014.
To implement the Memorandum of Understanding with the California Nurses' Association, 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.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2015/444