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Agenda Subject: Resolution No. 4656 Date: November 8, 2010
Department: Human Attachments: Resolution No. 4656 Budget Impact:
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Administrative Recommendation:
City Council adopt Resolution No. 4656.
Background Summary:
In accordance with State law, City Councilmembers, by individual choice, may join the Washington State
Public Employee Retirement System (PERS). As part of the administrative processes, they must report
hours worked so that the State can designate service credit hours for future use in determining retirement
pay. There are a number of ways in which hours worked can be determined, but it appears the least
administratively burdensome for both the City and Councilmember is to award one-quarter (1/4) credit for
each month the Councilmember works.
The minimum PERS designation is one-quarter credit for less than 70 hours worked during one month. In
general, two council meetings per month, two committee meetings per month, and various other required
meetings during the month will fall below the 70 hours worked and meet the threshold for the one-quarter
hour credit award. Since a councilmember (or employee) could work as little a one hour in a month to get
the one-quarter PERS credit, and probably would not exceed the 70 hour mark (to move to the next level
of PERS credit), assigning the one-quarter PERS credit eliminates the need for the Councilmember to
keep track of hours worked and submitting a time card each pay period. It also eliminates the City
Council from having to determine which events will be counted toward "City-related work" and which will
not.
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Reviewed by Council & Committees: Reviewed by Departments & Divisions:
❑ Arts Commission COUNCIL COMMITTEES: ❑ Building ❑ M&O
❑ Airport ❑ Finance ❑ Cemetery ❑ Mayor
❑ Hearing Examiner ❑ Municipal Serv. ❑ Finance ❑ Parks
❑ Human Services ❑ Planning & CD ❑ Fire ❑ Planning
❑ Park Board ❑Public Works ❑ Legal ❑ Police
❑ Planning Comm. ❑ Other ❑ Public Works ❑ Human Resources
Action:
Committee Approval: ❑Yes ❑No
Council Approval: ❑Yes ❑No Call for Public Hearing
Referred to Until
Tabled Until
Councilmember: Backus Staff: Heineman
Meeting Date: December 6, 2010 Item Number: VIII.B.2
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, DESIGNATING
SERVICE CREDIT FOR PARTICIPATING CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS IN THE WASHINGTON STATE
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
(PERS)
WHEREAS, state law allows City Councilmembers to participate in the
Washington State Public Employees Retirement System (PERS); and
WHEREAS, such participation would entail contributions to be made on
behalf of the employer and on behalf of the employee; and
WHEREAS, the City Council could devise a structure or a process for
tracking hours for those City Councilmembers who choose to participate in
PERS; however, in the interest of administrative simplicity, it would be the City
Council's intention that participating Councilmembers (those Councilmembers
who affirmatively participate. in PERS) shall be entitled to one quarter credit per
month for their past and future hours and service as Councilmembers.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
HEREBY RESOLVES as follows:
Section 1. Effective January 1, 2010, or such other time as a
Councilmember thereafter'elects"to participate, City Councilmembers of. the City
of Auburn who choose to participate in the Washington State Public Employees
Retirement System (PERS) and shall be responsible for employee contributions
at a rate. devised by the retirement system with the City of Auburn paying the
employer contribution amounts for such participating Councilmembers, shall
receive service credit of one quarter (1/4) credit per month of work.,
Resolution No. 4656
November 8, 2010
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Section 2. The choice of whether a Councilmember participates in
PERS belongs to the individual Councilmember as there is no requirement that
Councilmembers participate in the retirement system.
Section 3. That the Mayor is authorized to implement such
administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directives of this
legislation.
Section 4. That this Resolution shall take effect and be in full force
upon passage and signatures hereon.
Dated and Signed this day of )2010.
CITY OF AUBURN
PETER B. LEWIS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Danielle E. Daskam, City Clerk
A O
Im O FO RM:
Daniel B. eid, Ci tt rney
Resolution No. 4656
November 8, 2010
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