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CITY OF KENAI
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-47
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, TO
PREPARE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF KENAl'S PARTICIPATION
AGREEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (PERS) TO REMOVE
THE VISITOR CENTER ASSISTANT AND JANITOR CLASSES OF EMPLOYEES FROM
PARTICIPATION EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2020.
WHEREAS, City employees participate in the Alaska Public Employees Retirement System
(PERS) unless specifically removed by plan amendment; and,
WHEREAS, the City wishes to remove the Janitorial and Visitor Center Assistant and Janitor
classes of employees from PERS; and,
WHEREAS, because the City has never employed Visitor Center Assistant and Janitorial
employees have not participated due to not meeting the minimum number of work hours per week,
removal of these classes of employees will not trigger a termination study and creates no ongoing
PERS liability to the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA:
Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to execute the sixth amendment to the City of
Kenai participation agreement with the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) effective
July 1, 2020 to read as follows:
2 . The political subdivision agrees that all eligible employees except in the following
designated categories will participate in the Retirement System :
All Elected Officials
Recreation Center Assistant
Visitor Center Assistant
Janitor
Section 2. That this resolution takes effect immediately upon passage .
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 17th day of June, 2020.
BRIAN GABRIEL , SR., MAYOR
ATTEST :
City of Kenai I 210 l=idalgo Ave, Kenai, AK 99611 -7794 1907.283.7535 I www.kenai.ci!y
MEMORANDUM
TO:
THROUGH:
FROM :
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Mayor Gabriel and Council Members
Paul Ostrander, City Manager
Terry Eubank, Finance Director
June 5, 2020
Resolution 2020-47 Authorizing t he Sixt h Amendment to the City of
Kenai Public Emp loyees Participat ion Agreement
The purpose of this memo is to recommend adoption of Resolution 2020-47 that authorizes the
si xth amendment to the City of Kenai 's Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)
participation agreement. The amendment will remove from participation Visitor Center Assistant
and Janitor classes of employees . The City of Kenai has never employed Visitor Center Assistant
as the Kenai Visitor Center has always been managed through facility management agreements
with th ird parties. The City has never had a Janitor position th at was regularly scheduled to work
15 or more hours per week. In either case, the C ity has never had an employe e in these position
that would have be eligible for PERS participation .
The ORB has agreed to allow this sixth amendment to the City's Participation agreement effective
July 1, 2020 and will not be req uiring a termination study. If these positions are filled in the future
or regul arly scheduled to work 15 or more hours per week, they would not be eligible to participate
in the PERS reducin g the fringe benefits cost for the position by 22 %.
Your support is respectfully requested .
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Division of Retirement and Benefits
PO Box 110203 Juneau, AK 99811-0203
Phone : (907) 465-4460
Fax: (907) 465-3086
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NO. n
The Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) Participation Agreement entered into between
the State of Alaska (hereafter referred to as the State) and the City of Kenai on July 1, 1969, and
approved by the State on July 1, 1969 is amended effective July 1, 2020, by changing subparagraph
2 on page 2 to read as follows:
The political subdivision agrees that all eligible employees except in the following
designated categories will participate in the Retirement System:
Approved :
Administrator
All Elected Officials
Recreation Center Worker
Visitor Center Worker
Janitor
Authorized Representative Signature
Authorized Representative Name (please type/print)
Authorized Representative's Title
Date