R-061-23 Setting Forth the Compensation and Benefits of Elected Officials

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1 maximum of 2.5% at 67). PEPRA requires "new members" to contribute 50% of the annual 2 actuarially determined normal cost attributable to the applicable retirement plan in which they are enrolled(i.e., 2% at 62), rounded to the nearest quarter of 1 percent. This mandatory 3 employee contribution amount is set by CalPERS on an annual basis. 4 SECTION 2.Retirement—CalPERS Fourth Level Survivor Benefit. The City will provide CalPERS 1959 Fourth Level Survivor benefits to all Elected Officials that opt to enroll 5 in CalPERS, as set forth in Sections 21571 -21583 of the Government Code. 6 SECTION 3.Retirement—Retiree Medical. Pursuant to Resolution 91-96, Elected Officials are not entitled to retiree medical benefits under Resolution 115-91 if first elected on or after August 20, 1996. If first elected prior to August 20, 1996, such benefits are to be 8 provided if such officials meet the requirements of Resolutions 115-91 and 91-96, including retiring from City service under applicable CalPERS rules and regulations. 9 SECTION 4.Retirement—Social Security. In the event the City and its employees 10 are required to participate in the Federal Social Security Program,the contribution designated by law to be the responsibility of the employee shall be paid in full by the Elected Officials 11 and the City shall not be obligated to pay or "pick up" any portion thereof. 12 SECTION 5.Medicare. On or after April 1, 1986, Elected Officials shall be required to 13 pay the designated employee contribution to participate in the Medicare Program, and the City shall be under no obligation to pay or "pick up" any such contributions. 14 SECTION 6.Mayor and Council Members Auto Allowance -Not Governed by this 15 Resolution. The Auto Allowance for the Mayor and Council Members is governed by Colton Municipal Code Sections 2.12.050 and 2.12.030,respectively. 16 17 SECTION 7.City Clerk and City Treasurer Auto Allowance. The City Clerk and City Treasurer shall each receive an auto allowance in the amount of two-hundred and forty-two 18 dollars ($242)per month. 19 SECTION 8.Health Insurance—Mayor and Council Members. The City shall provide the Mayor and Council Members a monthly health benefit allowance of one thousand 20 two hundred twenty-five dollars ($1,225) outside of the City's Section 125 cafeteria benefit 21 plan, and such amount shall not be available towards the purchase of permissible benefits thereunder. Effective on the day that a member of the City Council begins a new term of 22 office after July 1, 2023, the health allowance shall be increased by two hundred dollars ($200) for a total monthly health allowance of one thousand four hundred twenty-five ($1,425). 23 24 Except as herein provided,the Mayor and Council Member's health benefit allowance shall be applied toward the cost of their respective premiums for group health coverage. In the 25 event the Mayor or a Council Member is receiving comparable health benefits under another group health plan and he or she provides substantiation of such alternate health coverage,the 26 City shall direct the contribution of such unused allowance to the City's Section 457 Deferred 27 Compensation Plan on their behalf in an amount equal to the unused health allowance. The City shall require verification of alternate health coverage on an annual basis, prior to the 28 beginning of the annual enrollment period. Any newly eligible Mayor or Council Members shall be required to comply with these substantiation procedures upon becoming eligible to receive the health benefit allowance. If, at any time, the Mayor and a Council Member fails to