Special Notice / Hearing: None
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Sandie Arnott, Treasurer-Tax Collector
Subject: Resolution certifying critical need for retiree appointment
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the hiring of retired Supervising Cash Management Specialist, Teresa Morales, in order to provide assistance during the April 2018 peak tax season and provide training to a newly trained successor, pursuant to Government Code Section 7522(f)(1), and finding that the nature of employment and appointment is necessary to fill a critically-needed position during the 180-day post-retirement separation period.
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BACKGROUND:
The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act ("PEPRA"), codified as Government Code ?7522.56, requires a 180-day separation ("sit-out") period following the date of retirement for non-safety retirees that the public agency employer seeks to re-employ or contract with, unless the employer "certifies the nature of the employment and that appointment is necessary to fill a critically-needed position before the 180 days has passed." Cal. Gov. Code ?7522.56(f)(1).
For the exception to apply in this case, PEPRA requires that the Board of Supervisors, as the employer's governing body, approve, by resolution, the appointment as a regular item at a Board meeting.
DISCUSSION:
The Treasurer is responsible for the receipt, custody, and investment of all monies placed in the County Treasury for County departments, schools, cities, and special districts. The cash management area is one of the treasury's core functions processing approximately 120,000 transactions each year. The office handles the cash management for the County by planning, account organizing, processing deposits and property tax payments, cash-flow monitoring, managing bank-accounts, electronic banking, pooling and netting as well as being an in-house bank for the County by ensuring the accuracy of funds deposited to...
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