TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Sheryl L. Bratton, County Counsel
REPORT BY: Susan B. Altman, Deputy County Counsel
SUBJECT: Adopt an Ordinance to Amend the Contract with the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt an Ordinance amending Napa County’s Contract with the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS). (No Fiscal Impact; Discretionary).
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BACKGROUND
On August 6, 2024, the Board of Supervisors introduced an Ordinance amending the County’s contract with CalPERS so that NCPPA Non-Supervisory and Supervisory employee bargaining units are named as participants within the contract. In 2022, the Napa County Probation Professionals Association (NCPPA) entered into a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as a result of decertifying with SEIU 1021 and formed NCPPA and two employee bargaining units, the Supervisory and Non-Supervisory Units. The new NCPPA MOUs include negotiated language for compensation and supplemental fringe benefits, including retirement coverage as part of CalPERS. CalPERS requires a contract amendment to formally recognize NCPPA as a party in the CalPERS Contract with Napa County. The proposed ordinance amends the County’s contract with CalPERS so that NCPPA Non-Supervisory and Supervisory employee bargaining units are named as participants in the contract.
NCPPA’s MOUs dictate the formula for employees participating in the CalPERS contract to cost share a portion of the contribution toward retirement.
The amendment to the CalPERS Contract for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 sets the retirement contribution as follows:
• Tier 1 employee contribution: 8.0% statutory rate with an additional employee cost share rate of 2.346%
• Tier 2 employee contribution: 8.0% statutory rate with an additional employee cost share rate of 2.346%
The Amendment to the CalPERS Contract will not change the cost sharing formula. NCPPA Non-Supervisory and Supervisory employee bargaining units voted to re-approve the cost sharing rates agreed to in their MOUs.
PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. Staff reports.
2. Public comments.
3. Motion, second, discussion and vote on the item.
REQUESTED ACTION:
1. Adopt the ordinance.
FISCAL & STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
No |
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Is it currently budgeted? |
No |
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Is it Mandatory or Discretionary? |
Discretionary |
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Discretionary Justification: |
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Is the general fund affected? |
No |
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Future fiscal impact: |
None |
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Consequences if not approved: |
NCPPA employees will not be eligible to participate in CalPERS |
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
No |
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Consequences if not approved: |
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The adoption of this ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15061(b)(3) (there is no possibility the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment).