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File Number: 15-536 <br />·100% payment of Annual Required Contributions (ARC) in 2014, 2015 and 2016 <br />·100% ARC payment plus $350,000 in 2015 <br />In addition, the Finance Committee recommends the following steps: <br />·Financial language to require payment of 100% of ARC. <br />·Adoption of a financial policy to utilize up to 50% of fiscal year carryover for PULL <br />Plan. <br />·Adoption of a financial policy to utilize up to 50% of General Fund land sales for <br />PULL Plan. <br />·Consider lowering City Council goal from 20% savings in emergency contingency <br />fund to 16.7%, and utilize current excess to buy down city unfunded liability debt. <br />·Explore creation of a separate trust for the PULL Plan. <br />Other cities in Alameda County have also begun to address their unfunded liabilities. For <br />example, according to its current budget, the City of Alameda is addressing its $91 million <br />retiree health liability by increasing contributions from employees , and the City also will <br />make a lump sum $5 million contribution in the current year. Similarly, the City of Livermore <br />has more than doubled its contribution towards retiree healthcare costs, and its long term <br />liability has diminished from $101 million to $58 million. <br />Failure to act will have the impact of a growing unfunded liability. This growing unfunded <br />liability will result in less funding available for projects, programs and services. A PULL Plan <br />is a Council concern as well as staff concern. Just as a household can elect to pay more <br />than its required monthly mortgage payment to reduce its long term debt, so too is a PULL <br />Plan designed to minimize the financial burden borne by taxpayers. A PULL Plan should <br />also identify a stated financial target or goal. <br />ATTACHMENT <br />None. <br />PREPARED BY: David Baum, Finance Director, Department of Finance <br />Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/15/2015