Ordinance 3159CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 3159
New Series
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO
THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF
THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA TO INCLUDE
PROVISIONS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 20516 "COST
SHARING" FOR LOCAL POLICE MEMBERS AND FOR LOCAL FIRE
MEMBERS
(REQUIRES FOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTES)
WHEREAS, due to ongoing economic difficulties, the City negotiated and
approved revised agreements with its sworn safety employees whereby all sworn safety
employee groups will contribute additional sums toward the employer portion of their
retirement contribution; and
WHEREAS, to effectuate this cost - sharing agreement under the State of California
Public Employee Retirement Law Section 20516, an amendment to the contract between
the City of Alameda and the California Public Employees' Retirement System must be
approved; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Charter Article 111. Sec. 12, this urgency
ordinance is necessary to preserve the public peace, health or safety by
implementing the negotiated agreement between the City and it Public Safety
bargaining units and reducing the City's pension costs. Furthermore, in order to
comply with the negotiated agreement between the City and its Public Safety
bargaining units the ordinance must be adopted as an urgency ordinance for
immediate effect and to assure the timely and appropriate reporting of employee
retirement contribution to employee accounts and to avoid an additional 30 day
processing delay.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Alameda does hereby ordain
as follows:
Section 1. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct and incorporated
herein.
Section 2. That an amendment to the contract between the City Council of the
City of Alameda and the Board of Administration, California Public Employees'
Retirement System is hereby authorized, a copy of said amendment being attached
hereto, marked Exhibit A, and by such reference made a part hereof as though herein
set out in full.
Section 3. The Mayor of the City of Alameda is hereby authorized,
empowered, and directed to execute said amendment for and on behalf of said Agency.
Section 4. Effective Date. The City Council hereby declares, on the basis of
the findings set forth above, that a great necessity exists and that this Ordinance is
necessary in order to comply with the Labor Agreements with all City Public Safety
Groups. Accordingly, this Ordinance is adopted as an urgency ordinance and shall take
effect and be in force immediately upon its introduction and adoption on July 19, 2016.
Section 5. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are severable. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance irrespective of the
invalidity of any particular portion thereof.
Section 6. The City Clerk will certify to the passage of this Ordinance by the
City Council of the City of Alameda and a digest thereof shall be published once in the
Official Newspaper of the City within three days after its adoption.
Presiding Off i er o the City Council
ATTEST:
Lara Weisiger, City kerk
City of Alameda
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular
meeting assembled on the 19th day of July, 2016, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Ezzy Ashcraft, Matarrese, Oddie
and Mayor Spencer — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed the official seal of said
City this 20th day of July, 2016.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
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City of Alameda U
Approved as to Form:
Ja t . Kern, City Attorney
Ci Y of Alameda