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HomeMy WebLinkAbout92-061 - Disability Retirement Determinations379 RESOLUTION NO. 92-061 4/3/92 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE DISABILITY RETIREMENT DETERMINATIONS AND PROVIDING FOR APPEAL PROCEDURES FOR LOCAL SAFETY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana (hereinafter referred to as "Agency") is a contracting agency of the Public Employees' Retirement System ("PERS"); and WHEREAS, Government Code Section 21034 provides that the governing body of a contracting agency may delegate authority or duty imposed or conferred by Title 2, Division 5, Part 3, Chapter 5, Article 3 of the Government Code (commencing with Section 21020) to a subordinate officer subject to such conditions as may be imposed; and WHEREAS, on December 17, 1985, the city Council passed and adopted Resolution No. 85-157, delegating to the City Manager in Section 1 of said Resolution the authority or duty to make PERS disability retirement determinations as that duty is conferred on the city Council by Title 2, Division 5, Part 3, Chapter 5, Article 3 of the Government Code (commencing with Section 21020) pursuant to Section 21034 of the Government Code; and WHEREAS, Section 2 of Resolution No. 85-157, as amended by Resolution No. 87-56, passed and adopted by the City Council on July 7, 1987, provided for an appeal of the City Manager's decision to the City Council; and WHEREAS, Government Code Section 21025 was amended, effective January 1, 1992 (Stats. of 1991, Ch. 1159) to require contracting agencies to conduct a hearing in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act, Title 2, Division 3, Part 1, Chapter 5 of the Government Code (commencing with Section 11500) when a local safety member of PERS appeals the decision of the contracting agency; and WHEREAS, the city Council of the city of Santa Ana now desires to conform to the amended version of Government Code Section 21025 and to set forth the procedure for appeal of a determination by the City Manager of the disability retirement of the City's local safety members of PERS. RESOLUTION NO. 92-061 PAGE 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT R~gOLV~D BY ~E ~I~V COUNCIL 0F THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: 1. The City Council does hereby delegate to the city Manager the authority or duty conferred on the governing body by Title 2, Division 5, Part 3, Chapter 5, Article 3 of the Government Code (commencing with Section 21020) pursuant to Section 21034 of the Government Code to make the initial determination of the entitlement of a local safety member of PERS to disability retirement. 2. The authority so delegated to the City Manager may be exercised by any officer of the City deputized to exercise any and all authority granted to the office of the City Manager by charter and ordinances of the City of Santa Ana, by Resolution No. 90-109, or by any resolution or agreement superseding Resolution No. 90- 109. 3. The appeal of any local safety member of PERS who has received an adverse determination by the City Manager of his/her disability retirement shall be conducted by an administrative law judge of the office of Administrative Hearings pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. ADOPTED this 15th day of June 199_2~. Mayor ATTEST: ekt e Ycouncil / COUNCILMEHBERS: Young Aye Pulido Aye Acosta Ave Griset AYe McGuigan Ah~e Norton Aye Richardson Ay~ APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney I CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY State of California County of Orange I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Resolution ~- O& / to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the city of Santa Ana on Date I