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Ordinance - 2151• ORDINANCE NO. 2151 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF WHEREAS, the City of West Covina has made a determination regarding the issue of providing PERS Benefit Enhancement of 2.5%@55 for miscellaneous employee groups; and WHEREAS, the Public Employees' Retirement Law permits the participation of public agencies and their employees in the Public Employees' Retirement System by the execution of a contract, and sets forth the procedure by which said public agencies may elect to subject themselves and their employees to amendments to said Law. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That an amendment to the contract between the City Council of the City of West Covina and the Board of Administration, California Public Employees' Retirement System is hereby authorized, a copy of said amendment being attached hereto, marked Exhibit, and by such reference made a part hereof as though herein set out in full. SECTION 2. The Mayor of the City of West Covina is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to execute said amendment for and on behalf of said Agency. SECTION 3. The Urgency Ordinance shall take effect upon adoption, and the contract amendment effective the following day and prior to the expiration of 15 days from.the passage thereof shall be published in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of West Covina. It is necessary to adopt this ordinance as an urgency ordinance to protect the public health, safety and welfare because the contract with the California Public Employees' Retirement System will be effective July 1, 2006, and regular ordinance will not be effective until July 29, 2006. It is necessary to protect the income and benefits of City employees by adopting this urgency ordinance to become effective immediately. SECTION 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Urgency Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon adoption. ATTEST: PASSED AND APPROVED on this 291h day of June 2006. 0 City Cle ie wo Ordinance No. 2151 June 29, 2006 I, LAURIE CARRICO, CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 6`h day of June 2006. That thereafter said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a special meeting of the City Council on the 29`h day of June 2006, by the following vote: • AYES: Hernandez, Lane, Sanderson, Touhey,- Herfert NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None City Clerk Laurie Carrico APPROVED AS TO FORM: • 2