CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA 9-15-26

18 by CalPERS. Public safety employee benefits are not charged to the Water Fund unless and only to the extent the City elects to charge based on specific Water System related activities they engage in, such as security. Miscellaneous employees that work for Water System operations are not separately tracked and charged to the Water Fund unless the City elects to do so. The City is a member of a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA), along with the City of Livermore and the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department (LPFD). The employees of the LPFD are City employees, however, as agreed to in the JPA, the City shares the Safety Fire Plan employees affiliated with the LPFD with the City of Livermore with a share of 50 percent. Based on this arrangement with the City of Livermore, the City only records its 50 percent share of the collective net pension liability and related deferred inflows/outflows. The Miscellaneous and Safety Fire Plans are agent multiple-employer defined benefit pension plans which act as a common investment and administrative agent for its participating member employers. Benefit provisions under the plans are established by State statute and City resolution. CalPERS issues publicly available reports that include a full description of the pension plans regarding benefit provisions, assumptions, and membership information that can be found on the CalPERS website. The City’s Safety Police Plan is a cost-sharing multiple-employer defined benefit pension plan administered by CalPERS since the plan has less than 100 active members, commonly referred to as risk pool. The City has two retirement benefit tiers in the Safety Police Plan and a PEPRA classification. Tier 1 is for employees hired prior to January 1, 2013. Tier 2 is for employees hired on or after January 1, 2013. PEPRA is for employees new to CalPERS hired on or after January 1, 2013. Funding Policy. In March 2018, the City established a Section 115 pension Trust Fund with public agency retirement services (“PARS”). PARS, the trust administrator, partners with U.S. Bank and PFM Asset Management to provide trustee and investment advisory services, respectively. This trust was established to set aside moneys to meet the City’s future pension contributions or unfunded liabilities. The fair value on the account at June 30, 2025, was $56.3 million. Financial statements of PARS may be obtained from PARS, 4350 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 100, Newport Beach, California 92660. Miscellaneous Plans Benefits Provided. CalPERS provides retirement and disability benefits, annual cost of living adjustments and death benefits to plan members, who must be public employees, and their beneficiaries. Benefits are based on years of credited service, equal to one year of full time employment, age and the average of the final one year of compensation for Tier 1 members and the average of the final three years of compensation for PEPRA members. Members with at least five years of total service are eligible to retire at age 50 with statutorily reduced benefits. All members are eligible for non-duty disability benefits after 10 years of service. The death benefit is one of the following: the Basic Death Benefit, the 1959 Survivor Benefit, or the Optional Settlement 2W Death Benefit. Safety Police Plan Benefits Provided. CalPERS provides retirement and disability benefits, annual cost of living adjustments and death benefits to plan members, who must be public employees, and their beneficiaries. Benefits are based on years of credited service, equal to one year of full time employment, age and the average of the final one year of compensation for Tier 1 members and the average of the final three years of compensation for Tier 2 and PEPRA members. Members with five years of total service are eligible to retire at age 50 with Page 228 of 318