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Human Resources <br />www.santa-ana.org/hr <br />Item # 21 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />October 5, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Create the Job Classification Homeless Services Division Manager - Retired <br />Annuitant and Appoint Kenneth Gominsky Jr. into the position of Homeless Services <br />Division Manager - Retired Annuitant. <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Adopt Two Resolutions i) Amending Resolution No. 2015-026 Establishing an Extra-help <br />Classification of Homeless Services Division Manager - Retired Annuitant and ii) <br />Appointing Kenneth Gominsky Jr. into the Classification of “Homeless Services Division <br />Manager - Retired Annuitant” at the Rate of $84.47 per Hour <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt two resolutions: <br />i) amending Resolution No. 2015-026 establishing an extra-help classification of <br />Homeless Services Division Manager - Retired Annuitant and <br />ii) appointing Kenneth Gominsky Jr. into the classification of “Homeless Services <br />Division Manager - Retired Annuitant” at the rate of $84.47 per hour. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Kenneth Gominsky Jr. served 32 years with City of Santa Ana Police Department, retiring <br />as Police Captain on August 4, 2021. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Gominsky was an <br />integral part of the City’s team addressing homelessness. <br />Pursuant to California Government Code Section 7522.56, a retiree through the California <br />Public Employees Retirement System (“CalPERS”) can be appointed by the appointing <br />power of the employer without reinstatement or loss of retirement benefits either during <br />an emergency to prevent stoppage of public business or because the retiree has skills <br />needed to perform work of limited duration. However, the retiree shall not be eligible to <br />be employed for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following date of retirement, <br />unless an employer certifies the nature of employment and that the appointment is <br />necessary to fill a critically needed position before one hundred eighty (180) days have <br />passed and the appointment has been approved by the governing body of the employer <br />in a public meeting. Mr. Gominsky’s retirement from CalPERS leaves the City in critical <br />need in its continuing efforts to address and remedy homelessness.