CC RESOLUTION 674RESOLUTION NO. 674
A RESOLUTIONV OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO$ CALIFORNIA, ORDERING
AND PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF AN
ELECTION BY SECRET BALLOT AT WHICH THE
EMPLOYEES OF SAID CITY MAY EXPRESS THEIR
APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THE RETIREMENT
SYSTEM OR PROPOSAL REFERRED TO IN RESOLUTION
NO. 672 OF SAID COUNCIL, ENTITLED: "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS
INTENTION TO APPROVE CONTRACT PROVIDING FOR
PARTICIPATION IN STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM. ", PASSED AND ADOPTED ON THE 21ST DAY
OF JULY, 1943.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo,
California, did heretofore on the 21st day of July, 1943,
adopt Resolution No. 672, entitled:
"A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING
ITS INTENTION TO APPROVE CONTRACT PROVIDING
FOR PARTICIPATION IN STATE EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM. ";
AND, WHEREAS, one step in the procedure for the
participation of municipal corporations in the State Employees'
p Retirement System, as contemplated in said resolution, and in
I, the State Employees' Retirement Act therein referred to,
contemplates that the employees proposed to be included in
the retirement system shall have an opportunity to express by
their secret ballots their approval or disapproval of said
retirement proposal;
AND, WHEREAS, it is the duty of the City Council of
said City to prescribe the manner in which said election
shall be conducted;
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NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does hereby resolve, declare,
determine and order as follows:
SECTION 1. That an election of the employees of
the said City of E1 Segundo shall be and the same is hereby
called and ordered to be held and conducted in said city for
the purpose of permitting the policemen and the other city
employees proposed to be included in the State Employees'
Retirement System, separately to express their approval or
disapproval thereof.
SECTION 2. That there shall be two forms of ballots
to be used at said election, one being for use by city
policemen and the other being for use by employees other
than city policemen.
The form of such ballot to be furnished to and used
by city policemen shall be substantially as follows:
"ELECTION BALLOT
For Use By
CITY POLICEMEN
TO DETERMINE THEIR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL
OF THE PROPOSAL OF
Ve
OF THE
TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE BOARD OF ADMIN-
ISTRATION OF THE STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM TO INCLUDE SAID EMPLOYEES IN
SAID RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Shall the above designat-
ed employees of the sub.
division named above, be
included in the State
Employees' Retirement
System?
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to by making a cross (X)
the space to the right of
the word indicating your desire.
YES ; I NO
SUMMARY OF MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
PROPOSED RETIREMENT SYSTEM
1. The System is administered by a board of eight
members, composed of three members of the System, an
official of a bank, an official of an insurance com-
pany, the Director of Finance, a member of the State
Personnel Board, and an official of the University of
California.
2. Retirement for service is optional upon attain-
ment of an age which shall be not less than 55 or more
than 60, as provided in said contract, by city firemen
and city policemen, and age 60 by other employees, and
completion of twenty years of service for the municipal
corporation, and is compulsory at age 65 for city fire-
men and city policemen, and at age 70 for other employees.
3. The monthly retirement allowance payable upon
retirement for service is dependent upon such factors as
age, sex, salary and years of service. For city firemen
and city policemen, retiring at the optional age in
paragraph 2, or at a higher age with 20 years of service,
the monthly allowance is approximately one -half the
average monthly salary during the five years immediately
preceding retirement. For other city employees, the
monthly allowance, upon retirement at age 65, is approxi-
mately 1 /70th of the average monthly salary during the
five years immediately preceding retirement, for each
year of service after the effective date of participation,
plus approximately 1 /70th, or less as may be provided in
said contract by the municipal corporation for its em-
ployees, of the average monthly salary during the three
years immediately preceding the effective date of
participation, for each year of service prior to that
date.
4. Retirement for disability, except in the case of
city firemen and city policemen disabled from injury
arising out of and in the course of employment, is per-
mitted only after ten years of service and upon proof
of incapacity for the performance of duty.
5. The monthly retirement allowance payable upon
disability retirement, described in preceding item 4,
is dependent upon such factors as age, salary and years
of service, but generally is equal to 90% of 1 /70th of
the average monthly salary during the five years imme-
diately preceding retirement, for each year of service,
with a guarantee of 25% of said salary, subject to
certain restrictions and modifications.
6. Disability retirement of city firemen and city
policemen, in the event of disability arising out of
and in the course of employment, is permitted regard-
less of age and service, the monthly retirement
allowance being one -half the average monthly salary
during the five years immediately preceding retirement.
7. The benefit payable at death, except in the case
of city firemen and city policemen dying from injury
arising out of and in the course of employment, consists
of the contributions of the member plus interest, and
plus 1 /12th of the member's annual salary during the
year immediately preceding death, for each year, not
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exceeding six years, of service as a member of
the system.
8. The monthly allowance payable to the widow
and children, at the death of city firemen and
city policemen arising out of and in the course of
employment, is one -half the average monthly salary
during the five years immediately preceding death.
9. The benefit upon separation from service by
other cause than death or retirement, is the refund
of the member's contributions, with interest.
10. Contributions required of city firemen and
city policemen, without credit for prior service,
depend upon salary and upon age of entry into the
retirement system, the contributions per 4100 of
salary varying from $4.69 at entry age 21, to $8.42
at entry age 35, for example. Contributions of
firemen and policemen having credit for prior service,
depend on salary, entry age and amount of rior service,
the amount of contribution per $100 being 13.28 for
example, at entry age 59, with 19 years of prior service.
11. For other city employees, the contributions de-
pend upon sex, salary and age of entry into the service,
the contributions varying from $3.77 at age 20, to
$6.62 at age 64, for men, and from 04.59 at age 20,
to J7.60 at age 64, for women.
12. The city is required to contribute the balance
of the funds necessary to meet the cost of the benefits
provided under the retirement system for the city's
employees. The city also is required to pay its
proportionate share of the administrative cost of
the system.
13. Ability of the Retirement System to pay benefits
is safeguarded by a provision authorizing the Board of
Administration to revise contributions of both employees
and the city, in the light of experience under the
system. "
The form of such ballot to be furnished to and used
by employees other than city policemen, shall be substantially
as follows:
"ELECTION BALLOT
For Use By
EMPLOYEES OTHER THAN CITY FIREMEN AND CITY POLICEMEN
TO DETERMINE THEIR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL
OF THE PROPOSAL OF
ve
OF THE
CITY OF EL S11 I CALIFORNIA
Name of Subdivision
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TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE BOARD OF ADMIN-
ISTRATION OF THE STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM TO INCLUDE SAID EMPLOYEES IN
SAID RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Shall the above designat
ed employees of the sub-
division named above, be
included in the State
Employees' Retirement
System?
to by making a cross (X) in
the space to the right of the
indicating your desire.
YES : "I NO
SUMMARY OF MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
PROPOSED RETIREMENT SYSTEM
1. The System is administered by a board of eight
members, composed of three members of the System, an
official of a bank, an official of an insurance company,
the Director of Finance, a member of the State Per-
sonnel Board, and an official of the University of
California.
2. Retirement for service is optional upon attain-
ment of an age which shall be not less than 55 or more
than 60, as provided in said contract, by city firemen
and city policemen, and age 60 by other employees, and
completion of twenty years of service for the municipal
corporation, and is compulsory at age 65 for city fire-
men and city policemen, and at age 70 for other employees.
3. The monthly retirement allowance payable upon re-
tirement for service is dependent upon such factors as
age, sex, salary and years of service. For city firemen
and city policemen, retiring at the optional age in para-
graph 2, or at a higher age with 20 years of service,
the monthly allowance is approximately one -half the
average monthly salary during the five years immediately
preceding retirement. For other city employees, the
monthly allowance, upon retirement at age 65, is appro-
ximately 1 /70th of the average monthly salary during the
five years immediately preceding retirement, for each
year of service after the effective date of participa-
tion, plus approximately 1 /70th, or less as may be
provided in said contract by the municipal corporation
for its employees, of the average monthly salary during
the three years immediately preceding the effective
date of participation, for each year of service prior
to that date.
4. Retirement for disability, except in the case of
city firemen and city policemen disabled from injury
arising out of and in the course of employment, is per-
mitted only after ten years of service and upon proof
of incapacity for the performance of duty.
5. The monthly retirement allowance payable upon
disability retirement, described in preceding item 4,
is dependent upon such factors as age, salary and years
of service, but generally is equal to 90% of 1 /70th of
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the average monthly salary during the five years
immediately preceding retirement, for each year of
service, with a guarantee of 25% of said salary,
subject to certain restrictions and modifications.
6. Disability retirement of city firemen and city
policemen, in the event of disability arising out of
and in the course of employment, is permitted regard-
less of age and service, the monthly retirement
allowance being one -half the average monthly salary
during the five years immediately preceding retirement.
7. The benefit payable at death, except in the
case of city firemen and city policemen dying from
injury arising out of and in the course of employ-
ment, consists of the contributions of the member
plus interest, and plus 1 /12th of the member's annual
salary during the year immediately preceding death,
for each year, not exceeding six years, of service
as a member of the system.
G. The monthly allowance payable to the widow
and children, at the death of city firemen and city
policemen arising out of and in the course of employ-
ment, is one -half the average monthly salary during
the five years immediately preceding death.
9. The benefit upon separation from service by
other cause than death or retirement, is the refund
of the member's contributions, with interest.
10. Contributions required of city firemen and city
policemen, without credit for prior service, depend
upon salary and upon age of entry into the retirement
system, the contributions per $100 of salary varying
from $4.69 at entry age 21, to $8.42 at entry age 35,
for example. Contributions of firemen and policemen
having credit for prior service, depend on salary,
entry age and amount of prior service, the amount of
contribution per $100 being $13.28, for example, at
entry age 59, with 19 years of prior service.
11. For other city employees, the contributions
depend upon sex, salary and age of entry into the
service the contributions varying from 83.77 at age
20, to J6.62 at age 64, for men, and from $4.59 at
age 20, to $7.60 at age 64, for women.
12. The city is required to contribute the balance
of the funds necessary to meet the cost of the benefits
provided under the retirement system for the city's
employees. The city also is required to pay its
proportionate share of the administrative costs of
the system.
13. Ability of the Retirement System to pay
benefits is safeguarded by a provision authorizing
the Board of Administration to revise contributions
of both employees and the city, in the light of
experience under the system. "
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SECTION 3. The said election shall be held
on the lath day of August, 1943, between the hours of
8 o'clock A. M. and 5 o'clock P. M. of said day, and the
polling place shall be and the same is hereby designated,
fixed and established as in the office of the City Clerk
in the City Hall of said City, in said City.
SECTION 4. That at said election the City Clerk
shall furnish to each policeman of said city a ballot in
the form of the ballot hereinabove indicated for use by
policemen, and shall furnish to each of the other employees
a ballot in the form of ballot hereinabove indicated for
use by employees other than policemen. Said City Clerk
is hereby authorized and instructed to procure any and
all supplies, paraphernalia and equipment, and to do
and perform any and all acts necessary in order to properly
conduct said election.
SECTION 5. Said City Clerk shall provide a
locked ballot box in which all ballots voted shall be
deposited as soon as voted; shall provide suitable
facilities to enable all employees voting to secretely
mark their respective ballots, and shall conduct said
election in such manner as to preserve the secrecy of
the respective ballots cast until such time as the same
are canvassed, as hereinafter stated.
SECTION 6. The said looked ballot box containing
the voted ballots shall be kept by the City Clerk locked
and unopened, until the first regular meeting of the City
Council held subsequent to the day of said election, at
which said meeting the City Clerk shall present to the
City Council the said ballot box containing such voted
ballots. At said meeting the City Council shall cause
said ballot box containing such ballots to be opened,
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and the said Council shall thereupon immediately canvass
all such ballots and shall declare the results of said
election.
SECTION 7. Notice of said election shall be
given by the posting of a copy of this resolution on the
official bulletin board of the City of E1 Segundo,nearthe
Council Chamber door in the City Hall of said City, and
the City Clerk shall either deliver personally or mail to
each such policeman or other employee of said city entitled
to cast a ballot at such election, a post card or letter
addressed to each such policeman or other employee at his
or her address as shown on the municipal records, on file
in the office of the Chief of Police of said City as to
policemen, and as shown on the municipal records on file
in the office of the City Clerk as to other employees of
said City. Such personal delivery shall be made or such
letters or post cards shall be mailed at least 72 hours
prior to the day upon which said election is to be held and
conducted. Each such post card or letter, in cases where
the same are mailed, shall be deposited in the United States
post office at E1 Segundo, California, addressed to the
respective employees at their respective addresses, as
hereinabove indicated, and shall have the postage fully
pre -paid thereon. The notice contained in said letters
or post cards shall be substantially in the following form:
"The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo,
California, has adopted a resolution, being Resolution
No. 672, entitled:
'A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING
ITS INTENTION TO APPROVE CONTRACT PROVID-
ING FOR PARTICIPATION IN STATE EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM. ",
In which said resolution the said Council declares its
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intention to approve a contract between said City
Council and the Board of Administration of the State
Employees' Retirement System of the State of California,
providing for the participation of said city in said
retirement system and the making of the employees of
said city members of said system. Said resolution
No. 672 is on file in the office of the City Clerk, open
to public inspection and is hereby referred to and by
this reference incorporated herein and made a part
hereof. Said resolution contains a summary of the
mayor provisions of the proposed retirement system.
"You are a policeman or other employee of said
city and as such you are entitled to participate and
cast a ballot expressing your approval or disapproval
of said retirement proposal.
"The said Council has called and ordered an
election to be held on the 17th day of August
1943, between the hours of 8 o'clock A. M. and 5 o'clock
P. M. of the said day, and has designated the polling
place at which ballots are to be cast as in the office
of the City Clerk of said city, in the City Hall thereof.
"You are hereby notified of the time, place and
purpose of the said election and of your right to vote
thereat.
" You are further notified that the City Council
nas ordered that each city policeman or other employee
shall be entitled to, and may absent himself or herself
from his or her duties for said city on said day without
penalty or loss of compensation, for such period of time
as may be reasonably necessary to enable each such
policeman or other employee to go to the said office
of said City Clerk and cast his or her ballot at the
said election.
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"This notice is given by order of the City
Council and is dated this 5th day of August, 1943.
Victor D. McCarthy
City Clerk of the City of
E1 Segundo, California. "
SECTION 8. That as indicated in the form of notice
above set forth, each policeman or other employee of the
City of E1 Segundo, California, is hereby authorized to
absent himself or herself from his or her duties for said
city on said day of said election, without penalty or loss
of compensation for such period of time as may be reasonably
necessary to enable each such employee to go to the said
office of said City Clerk and cast his or her ballot at the
said election.
SECTION 9. That the City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall cause
the original of the same to be entered in the book of
resolutions of said city, and shall make a minute of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceed-
ings of the City Council of said city in the minutes of
the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
SECTION 10. That this resolution shall take
effect immediately.
SECTION 11. Said Resolution No. 672 of said city
council hereinabove referred to is on file in the office of
the City Clerk of said City in the City Hall of said City
in said city, is open to public inspection and is hereby
referred to and by this reference expressly incorporated
herein and made a part hereof for all further particulars
respecting its contents, which include a summary of the mayor
provisions of said proposed retirement system.
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Passed, approved and adopted this 4th day of
August , A. D., 1943.
&i -4:y..
Mayor of as Ci ooff El Segundo,
California.
ATT ST:
City C er)
(SEAL)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
I. Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said
city is five; that the foregoing resolution, being
Resolution No. 674 , was duly passed and adopted by the
said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of
said City and attested by the City Clerk of said city,
all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on
the 4th day of August, A. D., 1943, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Selby, Skelley and
Mayor Love
NOES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
ity Clerk of the
E1 Segundo, Cali ornia.
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