Item 25 - MOU Between City & POA and Resolution for PMA

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13.9 2% k 62 Service Retirement Benefit for "New Member" Miscellaneous employ The City agrees to provide Miscellaneous employees covered by this MOU who are defined as "New Members" within the meaning of the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) of 2013 with the 2% @ 62 Service Retirement benefit Final compensation will be based on the highest annual average compensation eamable during the thirty-six (36) consecutive months immediately preceding the effective date of their retirement, or some other thirty-six (36) consecutive month period designated by the member. Employees covered under the 2% @ 62 retirement formula shall pay one half of the normal cost rate as established each year by Ca1PERS Pre -Taxable Benefit. To the extent permitted by CAPERS and Internal Revenue Service regulations, the City shall make the above employee deductions pre-tax contributions. 13.10 Credit for Unused Sick Leave. All sworn and non -sworn employees can have unused accumulated sick leave at the time of retirement converted to additional service credit at the rate of four thousandths (0.004) years of service credit for each day, eight (8) hours per day, of unused sick leave (i.e., two hundred (200) days of sick leave equals eight tenths (.8) additional years of service credit), pursuant to regulations prescribed by Ca1PERS. The maximum total unused sick leave that can be converted shall be two -hundred days (200) eight (8) hours working days equal to one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours. Any accumulated sick leave in excess of one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours shall be forfeited. The City must report only those hours of unused sick leave that were accrued by the employee during the normal course of employment. This section applies to members whose effective date of retirement is within four (4) months or one hundred twenty (120) days of separation from employment. (Government Code Section 20965). Effective the date of City Council adoption of this MOU, the maximum total unused sick leave that can be converted shall be ten (10) eight (8) hour working days equal to eighty (80) hours. Employees hired on or after a contract amendment between the City and Ca1PERS shall not be eligible to convert unused sick leave to Ca1PERS for service credit. 13.11 Uniform Allowance. With respect to Safety and Miscellaneous employees who do not qualify as "New Members" under the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act (PEPRA), the City shall report to Ca1PERS the monetary value of uniforms and uniform maintenance for those employees required to wear uniforms. The monetary value (as of the first date of the MOU) by classification is listed in Exhibit B, entitled "Uniform Allowance by Classification." The amounts listed in Exhibit B may be adjusted (either upward or downward) as the cost of the uniforms and/or their maintenance changes. The value of the Uniform Allowance shall be determined by the City (based on the current cost of the uniforms and/or their maintenance at the time of the report to Ca1PERS) and will be reported to the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) for retirement purposes only. Under CCR 571(a), Uniform allowance is defined as "Compensation paid or the monetary value for the purchase, rental and/or maintenance of required clothing, including clothing 51