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ORDINANCE NO. 634-26
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MURRIETA,
CALIFORNIA, ACTING AS THE MURRIETA FIRE DISTRICT APPROVING
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE MURRIETA FIRE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’
RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO INCLUDE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ PENSION
REFORM ACT (PEPRA) LANGUAGE
Summary: This ordinance approves an amendment to the Murrieta Fire District’s contract with the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) to reference Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) language.
WHEREAS, the Murrieta Fire District (the “District”) participates in the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (“CalPERS”) pursuant to a contract with the Board of Administration of CalPERS (the “Board”); and
WHEREAS, the Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (“PEPRA”) established new requirements and limitations applicable to public retirement systems and participating agencies, including provisions governing pensionable compensation and benefit structures; and
WHEREAS, the District desires to ensure that its CalPERS contract provisions are consistent with and fully compliant with the requirements of PEPRA and applicable state law; and
WHEREAS, the Board has requested that participating agencies amend their contracts to expressly incorporate and clarify compliance with PEPRA provisions where necessary; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Murrieta Fire District has determined that it is in the best interest of the District to approve an amendment to its contract with CalPERS to incorporate PEPRA language and ensure continued participation in the CalPERS retirement system in accordance with state law.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That an amendment to the contract between the Board of Directors of the Murrieta Fire District and the Board of Administration, California Public Employees’ Retirement System, is hereby authorized, a copy of said amendment being attached hereto, marked Exhibit A, and by such reference made a part hereof as though herein set out in full.
SECTION 2. The Chair of the Murrieta Board of Directors of the Murrieta Fire District is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to execute said amendment for and on behalf of the Murrieta Fire District.
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SECTION 3. This ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) under Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, which provides that CEQA only applies to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environmen t.
Where, as here, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question would have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
The Board of Directors hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall become effective on the thirty -first (31st) day after its passage and adoption, and within fifteen (15) days after its final passage and the City Clerk shall cause it to be posted and published in a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City in the manner required by law and shall cause a copy of this Ordinance and its certification, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _____day of ________, 2026.
Jon Levell, Mayor
ATTEST:
Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Tiffany J. Israel, City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )§
CITY OF MURRIETA )
I, Cristal McDonald, City Clerk of the City of Murrieta, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 634-26 was duly passed and adopted by the Board of Directors of the Murrieta Fire Protection District at the regular meeting thereof, held on the ____ day of _____, 2026, and was signed by the Mayor of the said City, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
I, Cristal McDonald, City Clerk of the City of Murrieta, California further certify that Ordinance No. 634-26 was duly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said City and the same was so published in Press Enterprise, a newspaper of general circulation on the following date(s):
Introduced Ordinance:
Adopted Ordinance:
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 2nd day of June, 2026.
Cristal McDonald, City Clerk