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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 05-060 RESOLUTION DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR DETERMINATION OF DISABILITY RETIREMENTS FOR SAFETY EMPLOYEES IN ORDER TO COMPLY WIT~I NEW PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton ("Agency") is a contracting agency of the Public Employees Retirement System; and WHEREAS, the Public Employees Retirement Law requires that a contracting agency determine whether a local safety member employee is disabled for purposes of the Public Employees Retirement Law and whether such disability is industrial; and WHEREAS, the City Council by Resolution 79-122 had delegated to the City Manager under Section 21173 of the Government Code the authority to make such determinations; and WHEREAS, due to change in the law, the determination as to whether a local safety member is eligible to be retired on disability must also include a determination whether comparable positions with reasonably comparable benefits are or are not available to the member; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to revise its previous resolution to make it express that the City Manager is to consider this new change in the law before making a determination as to a disability retirement. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The City Council delegates to the City Manager the authority to make determinations under Section 22152(c) of the Government Code, on behalf of the City of Pleasanton, whether a local safety member is disabled, whether the disability is industrial, and whether comparable positions with comparable benefits are available to the member with other CalPERS agencies, and to certify such determinations and other necessary information to the Public Employees Retirement System.