Title:
Title
Amendment to the Defined Contribution Plans Committee Bylaws
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FileID
File ID: 2020-00285
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution amending the Defined Contribution Plans Committee Bylaws.
Contact: Samantha Wallace, Human Resources Manager, (916) 808-7657, Department of Human Resources
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Defined Contribution Plans Committee Bylaws Redline
3-Resolution
4-Defined Contribution Plans Committee Bylaws
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On July 31, 2018, the City Council passed Resolution 2018-0304, authorizing the formation of the Defined Contribution Plans Committee (Committee) and adopting the Committee's Bylaws, Investment Policy Statement, and Fee and Expense Policy. The City's defined contribution plans include 401(a), 457(b), and Retiree Health Savings plans.
The Committee's bylaws may only be amended by the City Council upon request of the Committee following a vote authorizing the subject matter of the proposed amendment. At their March 14, 2019, meeting, the Committee discussed a requirement that Committee members be active participants in the plans. The Committee passed a unanimous motion at their April 3, 2019, meeting to recommend the bylaws be amended to require members be a plan participant with an account balance in one of the City's defined contribution plans. All current Committee members meet the criteria. As the Committee was established to advise the City on the City's defined contribution plans, ensuring members of the Committee are plan participants provides a member knowledge base to assist in carrying out its duties.
Staff concurs with the motion passed by the Committee and recommends the Bylaws be amended to add the following statement in Article 3:
All Primary members and Alternate members must be a participant with an account balance in one of the City's defined contribution plans.
Policy Considerations: The ...
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