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Resolution No. 10147
A Resolution of the City Council for the City of Palo Alto Approving an Exception to the California Public Employees Retirement System 180- day Waiting Period to Hire Retired Annuitant Matthew Raschke
R E C I T A L S
A. In compliance with Government (Gov.) Code section 7522.56 of the Public Employees’ Retirement Law, the City of Palo Alto must provide CalPERS this certification resolution when hiring a retiree before 180 days has passed since their retirement date; and B. Matthew Raschke (CalPERS ID 3118008844) retired from City of Palo Alto in the position of Senior Engineer, effective January 13, 2024; and C. Gov. Code section 7522.56 requires that post-retirement employment commence no earlier than 180 days after the retirement date, which is July 12, 2024 without this certification resolution; and
D. Gov. Code section 7522.56 provides that this exception to the 180-day wait period shall not apply if the retiree accepts any retirement-related incentive; and E. The City Council of the City of Palo Alto, the City of Palo Alto and Matthew Raschke certify that Matthew Raschke has not and will not receive a Golden Handshake or any other retirement-related incentive; and
F. The City Council hereby appoints Matthew Raschke as an extra help retired annuitant to perform the duties of the Retired Annuitant Extra Help Senior Engineer for the City of Palo Alto under Gov. Code section 21224, effective March 25, 2024, or upon approval from CalPERS to hire, whichever is later; and
G. The entire employment agreement, contract or appointment document between Matthew Raschke and the City of Palo Alto has been reviewed by this body and is attached herein; and
H. No matters, issues, terms or conditions related to this employment and appointment have been or will be placed on a consent calendar; and I. The employment shall be limited to 960 hours per fiscal year for all CalPERS employers; and
J. The compensation paid to retirees cannot be less than the minimum nor exceed the maximum monthly base salary paid to other employees performing comparable duties, divided by 173.333 to equal the hourly rate; and
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K. The maximum base salary for this position is $107.20 per hour, and the minimum base salary for this position is $71.47 per hour; and L. The hourly rate paid to Mattew Raschke will be $107.20; and M. Matthew Raschke has not and will not receive any other benefit, incentive, compensation in lieu of benefit or other form of compensation in addition to this hourly pay rate; and
The Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby certifies the nature of the appointment of Matthew Raschke as described herein and detailed in the attached employment agreement document and that this appointment is necessary to fill the critically needed position of Senior Engineer for the City of Palo Alto by March 25, 2024 because of the critical need to complete the Public Safety Building project, a long-term, complex project that requires special expertise and experience to complete.
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___________________________ ______________________________ City Clerk Mayor
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___________________________ ______________________________ City Attorney City Manager