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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Marilyn Leedom, CCCERA Administrator
Date:	January 21, 2014

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Temporary Hire of County Retiree - Waiver of 180 day "Sit Out" Period

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/21/2014

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:	Marilyn Leedom, Retirement CEO, (925) 521-3960
cc:	Robert Campbell, Auditor-Controller Ted Cwiek, Human Resources Director Marilyn Leedom, Chief Executive Officer/CCCERA

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: January 21, 2014
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

CONSIDER waiving the 180-day "sit out" period for Joelle Luhn, Retirement Communications Coordinator at the Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association;

FIND that the appointment of Joelle Luhn is necessary to fill a critically needed position; and

APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE the hiring of county retiree Joelle Luhn, as a temporary County employee until the permanent position is filled, as recommended by the Retirement Chief Executive Officer.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this request will result in an annual cost of approximately $41,697. Since County Retirement Board positions are funded by the Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association, this request has no impact on the County budget.

BACKGROUND:

The Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 requires that active members who retire on or after January 1, 2013 must wait 180 days after retirement to return to work. The Act also allows the Board, based on a finding that the appointment is necessary to fill a critically needed position, may waive the 180 day period.

Joelle Luhn retired from the Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association (CCCERA) on December 7, 2013. Prior to retiring, Ms. Luhn held the position of Retirement Communications Coordinator and was responsible for providing communications materials to actives, retirees and the Board, as well as creating and compiling the Consolidated Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and the Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) for CCCERA.

CCCERA is actively working with Human Resources to recruit for this position with the goal of a permanent appointment. However, the production period for the CAFR and PAFR begins in late January and the recruitment and selection process will not be completed by that time.

Due to this vacancy in a critically needed position, CCCERA is requesting a waiver of the 180 day waiting period for Joelle Luhn and approval to hire her as a temporary County employee until the position is permanently filled. The attached request memo was approved by the Retirement Board on January 8, 2014.

Under current Contra Costs County Employees Retirement Association (CCCERA) rules, if a CCCERA retiree returns to work for a CCCERA covered employer, the retiree can work for 960 hours or less per fiscal year. This rule continues to apply.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Failure to receive Board approval may jeopardize efforts of the Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association's to provide high quality services to active and retired County employees and the Retirement Board.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.