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CC RESOLUTION 4104RESOLUTION NO. 4104 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO RELATING TO THE AMENDMENT OF ITS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS WITH THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFIT SERVICES - CORPORATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL CITY /COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION RETIREMENT CORPORATION WHEREAS, the City of El Segundo (the "City ") has employees rendering valuable services; and WHEREAS, the City has established deferred compensation plans for such employees that serve the interest of the City by enabling it to provide reasonable retirement security for its employees, by providing increased flexibility in its personnel management system, and by assisting in the attraction and retention of competent personnel; and WHEREAS, the City has determined that the continuance of the deferred compensation plan will serve these objectives; and WHEREAS, amendments to the. Internal Revenue Code ( "IRC") have been enacted that require changes to the structure of and allow enhancements of the benefits of the deferred compensation plans, including the addition of IRC Section 457(g); and WHEREAS, a major purpose of IRC Section 457(8) is to protect the deferred compensation assets of government employees from the creditors of their governmental employers; and WHEREAS, a deferred compensation plan will become an "ineligible plan" if it does not comply with the IRC Section 457(g) requirement by January 1,1999; and WHEREAS, the effect of becoming an "ineligible plan' is to subject covered employees to liability for income taxes on vested amounts deferred under the plan and may cause the city to be liable for the amount of income tax which should have been withheld on deferred amounts; and WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the City that its deferred compensation plans administered, respectively, by the Public Employees Benefit Services Corporation ( "PEBSCO ") and the International City /County Management Association Retirement Corporation ( "ICMARC") may not be in compliance with IRC Section 457(g); RESOLUTION NO. 4104 AMENDING DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS WITH PERS AND ICCMARC PAGE NO.1 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct. SECTION 2. The City Council (the "City Council") of the City hereby approves the amendment of the City's Governmental Section 457 deferred compensation plans administered respectively by the PEBSCO and ICMARC, in substantially the form of the applicable model amendment contained in the Model Amendments to Reflect Mandatory § 457(g) Requirements For Governmental § 457(b) Plans as set forth in Internal Revenue Service Revenue Procedure 98 -41, Internal Revenue Bulletin 1998 -32, August 10, 1998 (the "Amendment "), a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. SECTION 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Amendment, substantially in the form presented to the City Council at this meeting but with such additions, changes and corrections therein as the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, shall approve (such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery of the Amendment) and such other documents required to be executed and delivered thereunder, for and in the name and on behalf of the City. SECTION 4. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption. SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Resolution and certify this record to be a full true, correct copy of the action taken. RESOLUTION NO. 4104 AMENDING DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLSNA WITH PERS AND ICCMARC PAGE NO. 2 PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 1511, day of December, 1998. Mike Gordon, Mayor ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS CITY OF EL SEGUNDO 1 I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Resolution No. 4104 was duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, all at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 15th day of December, 1998, and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Go dont Jacobs, McDowell, Wernick NOES: None ABSENT: Gaines ABSTAIN: None 'e �j ��Amd - loy Cindy Mo & en, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: ark D. Hensley, City rney RESOLUTION NO. 4104 AMENDING DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLSNA WITH PERS AND ICCMARC PAGE NO. 3