The terms of office of the following members of the Contra Costa County Employees’ Retirement Association Board will expire on June 30, 2022: David MacDonald (General Member - Number 2), Louis Kroll (Retiree Member of the Association - Number 8), and Mike Sloan (Retiree Member of the Association - Number 8 Alternate). The general members of the Association may elect the Number 2 member and the retiree members of the Association may elect the Number 8 and 8 Alternate members, as provided in the attached Resolution.
Government Code Section 31520.1 (a) provides in part: "The second and third members of the board shall be members of the association, other than safety members, elected by those members within 30 days after the retirement system becomes operative in a manner determined by the board of supervisors." Government Code Section 31520.5 (a) provides in part: "...the alternate retired member shall be elected separately by the retired members of the association in the same manner and at the same time as the eighth member is elected"; and "The alternate retired member shall vote as a member of the board only in the event the eighth member is absent from a board meeting for any cause. If there is a vacancy with respect to the eighth member, the alternate retired member shall fill that vacancy for the remainder of the eighth member's term of office."
Nominations for the elected seats shall be on forms provided by the County Clerk Monday, February 21, 2022, and filed in that office not later than 5 p.m. on March 18, 2022. Election Day is fixed as Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Any Ballot reaching the County Clerk’s Office after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 shall be voided and not counted.
Nominations for the appointed Board of Supervisors Number 4 seat shall be pursuant to a recruitment to be conducted by the Internal Operations Committee on behalf of the Board of Supervisors, this spring.