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TO- BOARD OF SUPERVISORS n,,,,,
FROM: Phil Batchelor Ck 11 a
County Administrator C )sta
DATE'. June 20 , 1988 Camey
SUBJECT: Legislation: Senate Bill 217 (Davis)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position in opposition to SB 217 by Senator Davis which
would make attorneys in the district attorney' s office eligible
for safety retirement.
BACKGROUND:
Under current law, county prosecutors are miscellaneous members
of retirement systems established under the County Employees
Retirement Law of 1937. SB 217 would require that county
prosecutors, including all of the attorneys in the district
attorney' s office, be made safety members of the retirement
system.
The Personnel Director and Retirement Administrator estimate that
in Contra Costa County passage of SB 217 would require additional .
contributions from the County of approximately $300,000 per year.
Prosecutors do not generally face the same safety risks which
deputy sheriffs and firefighters face. The purpose. of the safety
retirement category is to allow employees higher pensions at a
younger age where the employee has been engaged in a physically
demanding job involving protection of persons and property.
If the district attorney and the other attorneys in his office
are made safety members of the retirement system, it seems
difficult to justify why attorneys in the public defender' s
office would not also be entitled to safety membership.
The Personnel Director strongly urges that the Board oppose SB
217 both because of its costs and because there appears to be
inadequate justification for including prosecutors as safety
members of the requirement system. This office concurs in this
recommendation.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATURE: /'�%�%f?L `^� l •(i�LFC'�`�
_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
_ APPROVE `OTHER
SIGNATURE 5 :
ACTION OF BOARD ON June 28, 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED JUN 2 8 1988
Retirement Administrator
PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Personnel Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Senator Ed Davis
Gary Yancey, D.A.
Ralph Heim, Jackson/Barish BY (/��l,/ ���oi
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