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ARTICLE XIII <br /> 13.0 RETIREMENT <br /> 13.1 General. The City shall continue to make contributions to the California Public Employees' <br /> Retirement System (CaIPERS) in accordance with its contract with CalPERS for <br /> employees covered by said contract as amended. <br /> 13.2 Deferred Retirement. The City shall continue to make payment to CaIPERS on behalf of <br /> each employee covered by this MOU in accordance with the following schedule: <br /> A. For Safety employees covered by this MOO who do not qualify as"New Members" <br /> under the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA),the <br /> City shall pay the nine percent(9%) member contribution and report it to CaIPERS <br /> as compensation earnable. <br /> B. For Miscellaneous employees covered by this MOU who do not qualify as "New <br /> Members" under the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 <br /> (PEPRA)the City shall pay the eight percent(8%)member contribution and report <br /> it to CaIPERS as compensation earnable. <br /> Such payments shall be credited to the individual employee's CaIPERS account. <br /> Such payments are not increases in base salary and no salary range applicable to <br /> any of the employees covered by this MOU shall be changed or deemed to have <br /> been changed by reason thereof. As a result,the City will not treat these payments <br /> as ordinary income and thus,will not withhold federal or state income tax from said <br /> payments as permitted by IRS Code section 414(h)(2). <br /> For the purpose of reporting an employee's compensation to CalPERS, the City <br /> shall include these payments as if they were a part of the employee's base salary. <br /> 13.3 CaIPERS Fourth Level of 1959 Survivors Benefits. The City will provide CaIPERS fourth <br /> level of 1959 Survivors Benefit to all eligible employees in the unit. Employees pay the <br /> employee contribution for this benefit. <br /> 13.4 CaIPERS Pre-Retirement Optional Settlement 2 Death Benefit. The City shall provide the <br /> CalPERS Pre-Retirement Optional Settlement 2 Death Benefit to all employees covered <br /> by this MOU. <br /> 13.5 Military Service Credit as Public Service. Employees may elect (per Government Code <br /> 21024)to purchase up to four(4)years of service credit for any continuous active military <br /> or merchant marine service prior to employment. The employee must contribute an amount <br /> equal to the contribution for current and prior service that the employee and the employer <br /> would have made with respect to that period of service. <br /> 49 <br />