TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Lisa Jenkins, Human Resources Director
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of Resolutions:
a) Approving Employee Additional Cost Share for Classic Full-Time Sworn Unrepresented Employees Pursuant to CalPERS Government Code Section 20516; and
b) Authorizing Compensation and Benefits Changes for the Classification of Division Chief in the Full-Time Unrepresented Employees Group
(Human Resources Director Jenkins).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NOS. 23-0114 AND 23-0115
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 23-0114 approving the provisions of Government Code section 20516 (Employees Sharing Additional Cost) for sworn classic unrepresented employees in the Full-Time Unrepresented Employees group.
2. Adopt Resolution No. 23-0115 authorizing amendments to the compensation and benefits for the classification of Division Chief (Fire).
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
1. There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action regarding amending the City's contract with CalPERS for additional employee cost sharing.
2. In comparison to the current compensation and benefits provided, the changes to the Division Chief salary change are estimated to cost $72,544 for the remainder of fiscal year 2023-24, and a total increase of $252,456 for the next three years (ending June 30, 2026).
BACKGROUND:
The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) retirement benefits are funded by contributions from the employee and employer and investment earnings. The sworn unrepresented employee contribution is fixed at 9% of each employee's pensionable income for "classic" CalPERS members (or 50% of Normal Cost for "new members"). "Classic" members are defined as those employed within a CalPERS agency prior to the Public Employees Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) and...
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