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12.3 2.7% at 55 Retirement Benefit. Effective January 1, 2009, the City amended its retirement contract with Ca1PERS to provide Classic Miscellaneous employees covered by this Agreement with the 2.7% at 55 Service Retirement benefit. Pursuant to Ca1PERS regulations, this formula applied to employees who were -in active status on that date Payment of 2.7% at 55 Service Retirement Benefit for Classic Miscellaneous Members, Effective July 1, 2013, Miscellaneous employees covered by this Agreement shall pay nine (9 %) percent of their salary to pay for the employer portion of the City's Ca1PERS contribution. This payment shall be paid in accordance with Government Code section 20516(f) as set forth in Article IV, Section 4.313. and C. Pre - taxable Benefit. To the extent permitted by Ca1PERS and Internal Revenue Service regulations, the City shall make the above employee deduction as a pre -tax contribution. 12.4 Credit for Unused Sick Leave. Effective as soon as practicable following Council approval of this Agreement, an employee covered by this Agreement can have unused, accumulated sick leave at the time of retirement converted to additional service credit at the rate of 0.004 years of service credit for each eight (8) hours of unused sick leave. 12.5 Military Service Credit as Public Service. Effective as soon as practicable following Council approval of this Agreement, an employee covered by this Agreement may elect to purchase up to four (4) years of service credit for any continuous active military, Reserve Forces, National Guard or merchant marine service prior to employment. The employee must contribute an amount equal to the contribution for current and prior service that the employee and the employer would have made with respect to that period of service. 12.6 For "New Members" within the meaning of the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act ( PEPRA) of 2013 The PEPRA went into effect on January 1, 2013. The parties agree that if there is any other clean up or other retirement legislation which goes into effect during this MOU and if there are provisions of that legislation which, by law, automatically goes into effect, either party may request to negotiate over the legislation, including over the impact. Retirement Formula: Per Government Code Section 7522.20(a), the 2 %@ 62 retirement formula for non -sworn. Final compensation will be based on the highest annual average compensation earnable during the 36 consecutive months immediately preceding the effective date of his or her retirement, or some other 36 consecutive month period designated by the member. Effective July 1, 2013, employees shall pay one half of the normal cost rate, as established by CalPERS. 12.7 Effective July 1, 2013 (or the first pay period following council approval), the Uniform allowance will be discontinued and the City shall no longer report to Ca1PERS any 29 25C -31