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To:	Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	October 13, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Implementing Two Percent Cost of Living Adjustment to Retirement Benefit for United Chief Officers' Association

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/13/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, Director
Candace Andersen, Director
Karen Mitchoff, Director
Federal D. Glover, Director

ABSENT:

Mary N. Piepho, Director

Contact:	Lisa Driscoll, County Finance Director (925) 335-1023
cc:	Harjit S. Nahal, Assistant County Auditor Ann Elliott, Employee Benefits Manager Jeff Carman, Chief CCCFPD

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: October 13, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2015/5 making Government Code section 31870 (Two Percent Cost of Living Adjustment to Retirement Benefit) applicable to employees represented by United Chief Officers' Association, who become New Members of CCCERA on and after January 1, 2016, in the Public Employee Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) Retirement Tier; and CONFIRM adoption of Section 21.2 Safety Employees Retirement of the MOU between the District and the United Chief Officers' Association adopted on August 25, 2015 (Resolution No. 2015/4).

FISCAL IMPACT:

Implementation of a change in the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) to the pension benefit for employees represented by the United Chief Officers' Association, who become New Members of CCCERA on and after January 1, 2016, in the PEPRA Retirement Tier is intended to result in long term savings for both the employees and the District.

BACKGROUND:

In the Memorandum of Understanding ratified by the United Chief Officers' Association and approved by the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors on August 25, 2015, the parties agreed that safety employees represented by the United Chief Officers' Association who become New Members of CCCERA on or after January 1, 2016, in the PEPRA Retirement Tier will have up to a two percent banked COLA to their retirement benefit (Government Code, § 31870), rather than up to a three percent banked COLA (Government Code, § 31870.1) as applicable to certain current members of CCCERA. Employees hired on or after December 1, 2015, in classifications eligible for membership in CCCERA, become members of CCCERA on or January 1, 2016. (Government Code, § 31552.)

To fully implement the Memorandum of Understanding with the United Chief Officers' Association, it is necessary to adopt the Resolution No. 2015/5 to effect the change to the pension COLA for all future employees in the PEPRA Tier. (Government Code, § 31483.)

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Delay in implementation of newly negotiated two percent cost of living adjustment to retirement benefit.