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Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the Amendments to the 2007-2012 Memorandum of Understanding with the Long Beach City Attorneys Association and the Long Beach City Prosecutors Association;
DISCUSSION
City management representatives and representatives of the Long Beach City Attorneys Association (LBCAA) and the Long Beach City Prosecutors Association (LBCPA) have had a number of meet and confer sessions regarding the financial impacts of the Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) Budget. Meetings have been concluded and amendments to the Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) have been jointly signed by City representatives and representatives of the Long Beach City Attorneys Association and the Long Beach City Prosecutors Association.
The major provisions of the Amendments are agreement to an additional four percent (4%) CalPERS pick-up in FY12 for employees hired prior to February 26, 2011 and represented by the two Associations. Employees hired on or after February 26, 2011 already pay the full eight percent (8%) individual employee contribution.
Pursuant to the Amendments and pending approval of the Resolutions, effective November 19, 2011, employees represented by the LBCAA and the LBCPA hired prior to February 26, 2011, shall contribute an amount equal to eight percent (8%) of their annual salary towards their individual employee contribution.
In order for the City to make changes to the employer paid member contribution, it is necessary for the City Council to adopt the attached Resolutions as prepared by the City Attorney.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Christina L. Checel and Budget Management Officer Victoria Bell on October 25, 2011.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on December 6, 2011 to ensure implementation of the MOU Amendment provisions and that CalPERS receives these Resolutions for processing consistent with the effective date of the action.
FISCAL IMPACT
These amendments with the LBCAA and L...
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