Title
Adoption of Resolution Adopting and Ratifying Salary Schedules for Council Appointees City Manager and City Attorney In Compliance with CalPERS Requirements. (Human Resources 10025060)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Yibin Shen, City Attorney
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
As a contracting agency of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the City of Alameda (City) is subject to statutory and regulatory requirements that govern whether compensation is reportable for pension calculation purposes. The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL), the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA), and the California Code of Regulations (CCR) require that contracting agencies must accurately reflect information related to compensation items in approved documentation.
Through a compliance review, CalPERS identified that the City's documentation for compensation paid to the City Attorney and City Manager did not comply with the PERL and related CCRs. The attached resolution addresses CalPERS's concerns by adopting salary schedules that are compliant with CalPERS regulations and guidance. This resolution does not alter or change current or prior compensation to the City Attorney and City Manager as previously adopted by City Council in its contracts with each appointee.
BACKGROUND
The City received an inquiry from CalPERS on October 14, 2025, requesting salary schedules for the City Attorney. In subsequent correspondence with CalPERS's Employer Account Management Division, CalPERS staff indicated that the City's existing documentation for salaries for both the City Manager and City Attorney was not compliant with Title 2 California Code of Regulations ?? 570.5 and 571.1(4), because (1) the schedules had blanks in steps 1 through 4, and (2) the salary schedule did not indicate when it was adopted by City Council.
Although City Council has previously adopted by resolution the City's contracts with the City Attor...
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