HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11172015 - D.13RECOMMENDATION(S):
Acting in its capacities as the Board of Supervisors and the Contra Costa County Fire District Board, ADOPT
Resolution No. 2015/445 making Government Code section 31870 (Two Percent Cost of Living Adjustment to
Retirement Benefit) applicable to safety employees in specified units, who become new members of the Contra Costa
County Employee Retirement Association in the PEPRA Retirement Tier on or after January 1, 2016
FISCAL IMPACT:
Implementation of a change in the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) to the pension benefit for employees in the
specific units of Probation Management, Fire Management, and AFSCME, Local 512, who become new members of
CCCERA on or 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:
The County has completed all negotiations with all bargaining groups with respect to a proposed change in the cost of
living adjustment to the pension benefit. For purposes of implementing a two percent (2%) COLA to the pension
benefit, both the unrepresented Probation Management Unit and the AFSCME 512 Safety Unit are tied to the
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
D.13
To:Board of Supervisors
From:David Twa, County Administrator
Date:November 17, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Implementing Two Percent Cost of Living Adjustment to Retirement Benefit for Employees in Specified Units
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
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Probation Peace Officers negotiation and the unrepresented Fire Management Unit is tied to the United Chief
Officers Association. Per the new MOUs, all three of these bargaining groups have an effective date of January 1,
2016, for the two percent cost of living adjustment to the pension benefit for the PEPRA Retirement Tier.
Employees in the unrepresented Probation Management Unit, AFSCME 512 Safety Unit, and unrepresented Fire
Management Unit who become new members of CCCERA in the PEPRA Retirement Tier, on or after January 1,
2016, also 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 some safety
members of CCCERA.
Consistent with the bargaining group agreements, Resolution 2015/445 will effect the change to the pension
COLA for all future employees of the Probation Management Unit, AFSCME 512 Safety Unit, and Fire
Management Unit who become New Members of CCCERA in the PEPRA Tier on or after January 1, 2016.
(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. 2015/445