TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Cathy A. Hanson, Human Resources Director
SUBJECT:Title
Resolution No. 13-0019 Amending Resolution 6067 to Eliminate the reporting of the value of Employer Paid Member Contributions for the California Teamsters Local 911 effective March 9, 2013.
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 13-0019
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve Resolution No. 13-0019 amending Resolution 6067 to eliminate the reporting of the value of Employer Paid Member Contributions (EPMC) for the California Teamsters Local 911 (Teamsters) effective March 9, 2013.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Elimination of the reporting of the value of Employer Paid Member Contributions will reduce the City’s CalPERS contributions. The value of the savings was included in the total cost of each bargaining unit’s contract.
BACKGROUND:
On October 17, 2006, City Council adopted Resolution No. 6067, which commenced paying and reporting the value of Employer Paid Member Contributions effective July 1, 2010, for all members of the Teamsters Local 911 per a labor agreement.
This benefit consisted of paying seven percent (7%) of the normal contributions as Employer Paid Member Contributions and reporting the same percentage of compensation earnable (excluding Government Code Section 20636 (c) (4)) as additional compensation.
DISCUSSION:
The City of Manhattan Beach (City) and the Teamsters have negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) providing that effective March 9, 2013, the members of the association (not the City) will pay their entire member contribution of seven percent (7%). Hence, the member contribution will no longer be reported as compensation earnable to CalPERS.
CONCLUSION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve Resolution No. 13-0019 amending Resolution 6067 to eliminate the rep...
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