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RESOLUTION NO. 2001-003 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA GIVING NOTICE OF ITS INTENTION TO <br />APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT <br />BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA <br />ANA AND THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE <br />PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and <br />declares as follows: <br />A. The Public Employees' Retirement Law permits the participation of public <br />agencies and their employees in the Public Employees' Retirement System <br />(PERS) by the execution of a contract, and sets forth the procedures by <br />which any such public agency may elect to subject themselves and their <br />employees to amendments to said Law. <br />B. One of the steps of such procedure to amend a contract between the public <br />agency and PERS is the adoption by the governing board of the public <br />agency of a resolution giving notice of its intention to approve an <br />amendment of its contract with PERS, which resolution by law shall contain <br />a summary of the changed proposed to said contract. <br />C. The following is a summary statement of a proposed change in the contract <br />between the City of Santa Ana and PERS: <br />To provide Section 21204 (Military Service Credit as Public Service) for <br />local safety members. <br />D. The Military Service Credit as Public Service Benefit allows an employee <br />who is a member of the PERS to purchase up to four (4) years credit for <br />any continuous active military or merchant marine service prior to <br />employment with a covered public agency such as the City of Santa Ana. <br />E. In accordance with provisions of the current Memorandum of <br />Understanding between the City and the Police Officers' Association, the <br />City agreed to amend its current contract with PERS to provide the Military <br />Service Credit as a public service benefit as soon as practical. <br />F. There is no fiscal impact to the City by this ordinance as the employer cost <br />Resolution No. 2001-003 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />