TITLE
Adopt resolution for paying and reporting the value of the Employer Paid Member Contributions (EPMC) to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System for the Mayor, City Councilmembers, City Auditor, City Attorney, City Prosecutor and City Clerk; and
DISCUSSION
A Resolution declaring impasse and authorizing implementation of the terms of the City's last, best and final offer to the Long Beach Association of Engineering Employees (LBAEE), pursuant to Government Code Section 3505.4 was adopted by City Council at its meeting on February 1, 2011. Pursuant to the impasse Resolution and pending the approval of the Employer Paid Member Contributions (EPMC) Resolution, new City employees represented by the LBAEE, hired on or after February 26, 2011, shall pay 100 percent of the member contribution which, at this time, is eight percent.
Unrepresented management employees in the Auditor's Office have agreed to .pay an additional two percent of their member contribution to offset a salary adjustment. This decreases the amount the City pays and reports as the employer paid member contribution for these employees. The unrepresented management employees shall contribute an amount equal to four percent of their annual salary towards their individual employee contribution. The Resolutions also provide that new City employees hired as of February 26,2011 by the Auditor's Office and are unrepresented management, shall pay 100 percent of the member contribution which, at this time, is eight percent.
The Mayor, City Councilmembers, City Auditor, City Attorney, City Prosecutor and City Clerk, have elected to contribute an additional 1.8 percent of their member contribution to offset their salary adjustment. This decreases the amount the City pays and reports as the employer paid member contribution for these employees. The Mayor, City Councilmembers, City Auditor, City Attorney, City Prosecutor and the City Clerk shall contribute an amount equal to 3.8 percent of thei...
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