To: Board of Supervisors
Department or Agency Name(s): County Administrator
Staff Name and Phone Number: Christina Rivera 707-565-2048
Vote Requirement: Majority
Supervisorial District(s): N/A
Recommended Action:
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Appoint Margaret A. Betchley (Peggy) to serve the remaining 2-year term of a vacancy in Independent Citizens Pension Committee with a term ending on September 11, 2019.
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Executive Summary:
This item requests Board of Supervisors (“Board”) approval to appoint Margaret A. Betchley (Peggy) to serve the remaining 2-year term of a vacancy in Independent Citizens Pension Committee (“Committee”). As of this writing the Committee has on vacancy resulting from previous member Ms. Lynn Woolsey submitting her resignation on November 2018, and who was originally appointed by the Board on 9/12/2017.
Discussion:
The Board has adopted Pension Reform as one of its key priorities, with a goal of ensuring a fair, equitable, and sustainable pension system for taxpayers and employees alike. In April 2017, the Board created the new Committee to represent the best interests of the entire community in a non-partisan manner, and to help improve communication between the County and local residents on pension issues.
The scope of the Committee is intended to improve accountability and transparency of the County’s pension reporting, and provide a way for the County to engage citizens in the process of developing and refining its pension reform strategies.
The Board approved Resolution #17-0177 on April 25, 2017 outlined the Committee’ scope, which is focused on enhancing the County’s pension reporting and improving accountability and transparency.
Consistent with the mission of the Committee and its status as an advisory body, the information communicated in its annual update shall be fair, constructive, and objective. Any and all pension reform strategies developed through the efforts of the Committee shall be advisory only to the Board of Supervisors. The Board would not be obligated to pursue any policy changes in response to the Committee’s annual updates or recommendations.
Further, to the extent the Board of Supervisors authorizes the delivery of pension reform strategies developed through this effort, the implementation of such strategies will be subject to State law and the County’s labor relations policies and procedures. In this regard, the Committee will have no authority or involvement in the applicable labor relations process.
Recommended Appointment
Following the resignations of Ms. Jones and Woolsey staff posted the vacancies outside the Board of Supervisors chambers agenda bulletin, published solicitation of applications on the County’s main website and the Independent Citizen’s Advisory Committee website, distributed to candidates who submitted their application for initial appointment but were not selected at the time, and posted vacancies on the County’s Boards, Commissions, Committees and Task Forces list to comply with the Maddy Act. Staff received interest from 8 individuals, which were reviewed by staff.
Ms. Betchley is being recommended for appointment as she possess 40 years of professional experience in a variety of aspects in the financial services industry. Ms. Betchley brings consultant knowledge of public employee pension systems such as CalPERS and CalSTRS, as well as senior risk management skills gained by leading corporate internal audit functions. Application is enclosed.
Prior Board Actions:
01-26-2019, Item #25: Appointment of Ronald Calloway
04-25 2017, Item #40: Board created new ongoing Citizens’ Pension Advisory Committee
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Attachments:
Application
Related Items “On File” with the Clerk of the Board:
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