TO: POLICE AND FIRE CITY EMPLOYEES’ FROM: Toni J. Taber, CMC
RETIREMENT SYSTEM BOARD
SUBJECT: POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT
RETIREMENT PLAN BOARD
PUBLIC MEMBER APPOINTMENT
RECOMMENDATION
City Clerk
DATE: May 16, 2023
Reappoint Andrew Lanza as a Board Public Member to the Board of Administration for the Police and Fire Department Retirement Plan to a term ending on April 30, 2027.
BACKGROUND
The Board of Administration for the Police and Fire Department Retirement Plan consists of nine members: five members of the public appointed by the City Council, one Police Department employee, one Fire Department employee, one Police Department retiree, and one Fire Department retiree.
According to San José Municipal Code Section 2.08.1240, one public member of the Police and Fire Department Retirement Plan Board of Administration shall be recommended by the Board of the Plan:
B. One of the public members of the board shall be appointed by the city council only after the candidates for such seat have been interviewed by the then existing board and a recommendation for appointment has been made by the board to the council.
1. If a majority of the board recommends one candidate, only that candidate will be forwarded to the city council for consideration.
2. If a majority of the board does not recommend one candidate, the top two candidates will be forwarded to the city council for consideration.
3. The first public member to be appointed pursuant to this Section
2.08.1240B. will not be appointed until the three other public members' seats have been filled by council and all other seats on the board have been filled by council. Thereafter, any vacancy in the seat held by such public member shall always be filled pursuant to this Section 2.08.1240B.
COUNCIL AGENDA: 5/23/2023
FILE: 23-795
ITEM: 2.21
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
Subject: Police and Fire Department Retirement Plan Board Appointment
There is currently one (1) vacancy on the Board of Administration for the Police and Fire Department Retirement Plan: public member Andrew Lanza's term expired on April 30, 2023, and is eligible for reappointment. Andrew Lanza was first appointed to the Board on April 19, 2011 and has served three terms. Pursuant to Section 2.08.1225, public members of the Board shall be eligible for reappointment to successive four year terms.
ANALYSIS
There is one applicant to the vacant public member position on the Board of Administration for the Police and Fire Department Retirement Plan:
• Andrew (Drew) Lanza, incumbent
After an interview was conducted by the Police and Fire Department Retirement Plan Board on May 4, 2023, the Board made one (1) recommendation to be transmitted to the City Council for appointment of Andrew Lanza as Board Public Me mber to the Board of Administration for the Police and Fire Department Retirement Plan.
Candidate applications and any supporting documentation are attached to this memorandum.
/s/
TONI J. TABER, CMC
City Clerk
For questions, please contact Toni J. Taber, City Clerk, at (408) 535-1260.