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RESOLUTION NUMBER ~ ;;. 91
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH
OPPOSING AB 16 WHICH WOULD REQUIRE, BY STATE MANDATE, THAT
CITIES PROVIDE THE 2% AT AGE 50 OR "CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL"
FORMULA RETIREMENT PLAN FOR POLICE OFFICERS.
the City of Seal Beach has opposed similar attempts by the State
Legislature since 1969 to usurp the basic right of cities to
provide salaries and benefits for safety personnel within fiscal
boundaries deemed satisfactory by the city; and
the mandatory implementation of the "California Highway Patrol"
formula, or 2% of final compensation at age 50, without regard
for length of service, as prescribed by AB 16, would double the
City's cost for retirement contribution; and
WHEREAS, the State assistance in the sum of $20 Million initially and
$10 Million annually provided for continuing expenses is inadequate; and
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS, the imposition of such a program on the Cities of California is
contradictory and erosive to the "meet and confer" process as
provided by the Myers-Milias-8rown Act wherein the State reaffirmed
the right of negotiation for salaries and working conditions at
the local level; and
WHEREAS, AB 16 would mandate a program without providing adequate funds to
implement the program which would necessitate a property tax increase
of approximately $.11 per $100 assessed valuation by the City; and
WHEREAS, such a tax increase would be in direct conflict and supersede the
right of local legislative bodies to decide the degree and propriety
of the local tax burden to its citizenry;
NOW, THEREFORE, 8E IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Seal Beach
opposes adoption of A8 16, and
8E IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City is firmly opposed to legislatively mandated
programs which are insufficiently funded and which conflict with principles and
management prerogatives previously reaffirmed by State legislation, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to the League of
California Cities, Assemblyman Robert H. Burke, State Senators Dennis Carpenter
and James Whetmore and the Senate Committee on Public Employment and Retirement,
and all cities in Orange County.
PASSED, ,APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council .9t- the City of Seal 8each,
California, at a meeting thereof held on the ~" day o~ fl;:'-lL~~L-t.7 '
by the following vote~ _ ~
AYES: councilmen0J..Ii1".k,,~~~~. J..Lu.)
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ABSENT: councilmen~
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