HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2019-049RESOLUTION NO. 2019-049
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING CESSATION OF PAYMENT, ON
EMPLOYER SIDE, FOR OPTIONAL BENEFITS BY
EMPLOYEES IN CLASSIFICATIONS REPRESENTED BY
LOCAL 2180 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE
FIGHTERS AFL-CIO (IAFF) AS A RESULT OF
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYER-PAID MEMBER
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SAID EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS, the City currently pays 9% for retirement Tier 1 employees in classifications
represented by Local 2180 International Association of Fire Fighters AFL-CIO (“IAFF”), on the
employee side, for retirement benefits, resulting in Employer Paid Member Contributions
(“EPMC”); and
WHEREAS, IAFF represented retirement Tier 1 employees presently pay, on the
employer side, 9%, for CalPERS optional benefits; and
WHEREAS, the City, pursuant to Government Code section 20691, will cease to pay 9%,
on the employee side, for retirement benefits for IAFF represented retirement Tier 1 employees,
effective March 15, 2019, resulting in 9% payment by the aforementioned IAFF represented
classifications, on the employee side for employee contributions for retirement benefits (which
they had not been required to pay) and the cessation of EPMC (“Termination of EPMC”)
effective March 15, 2019; and
WHEREAS, in light of the City’s “Termination of EPMC” for IAFF represented
retirement Tier 1 employees, said employees correspondingly shall not be required to pay 9%,
for optional benefits effective March 15, 2019.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby approve cessation of payment by employees in classifications represented by
IAFF of 9%, for optional benefits, in light of the “Termination of EPMC”, effective March 15,
2019.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Courtney Chase Glen R. Googins
Director of Human Resources City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 26th day of March 2019 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Diaz, Galvez, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2019-049 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 26th day of March 2019.
Executed this 26th day of March 2019.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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