COUNCIL AGENDA : 9/1/2026
FILE : 26-930
ITEM : 2.13
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Toni Taber, MMC
City Clerk
SUBJECT: SEE BELOW
DATE: August 26, 2026
SUBJECT: VEBA Advisory Committee Appointment
Recommendation
As recommended by the Rules and Open Government Committee on August 26, 2026, approve the appointment of Edward Carboni, nominated by the Police Officers’ Association (POA), as the POA’s active employee member to the Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association (VEBA) Advisory Committee (VAC) for a partial term ending May 31, 2028.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-010, City Organizational and Administrative Activities resulting in no changes to the physical environment.
[Rules Committee referral 8/26/2026 - Item B.2]
TO: RULES AND OPEN
GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
FROM: Aram Kouyoumdjian
SUBJECT: VEBA Advisory Committee
Appointment
DATE: August 19, 2026
Approved Date:
8/19/2026
COUNCI
L DISTRICT: Citywide
RECOM
MENDATION
(a) A
pprove the appointment of Edward Carboni, nominated by the Police Officers’ Association (POA), as the POA’s active employee member to the Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association (VEBA) Advisory Committee (VAC) for a partial term ending May 31, 2028.
(b) Pl
ace the item on the September 1, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.
SUMM
ARY AND OUTCOME
Appr
oval of this recommendation will allow the VAC to continue to do business and meet as a full committee at its next meeting on September 21, 2026.
BACKG
ROUND
Pur
suant to the Alternative Pension Reform Frameworks and Measure F, the City has established the Police and Fire Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association under Chapter 3.57 of the San José Municipal Code and the Federated Employees’ Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association under Chapter 3.58 of the San José Municipal Code. A VEBA is a tax-exempt trust instrument authorized by Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(9) through which eligible healthcare benefits can be reimbursed. The City’s VEBAs are set up to reimburse eligible medical expenses in retirement for their respective members.
San J
osé Municipal Code Sections 3.57.210 and 3.58.210 provide that the VEBA Plans shall be administered by the VEBA Advisory Committee. The VEBA Advisory Committee is to oversee all aspects of the City’s VEBA Plans. The VEBA Plans RULES COMMITTEE: 8/26/26
ITEM: B.2
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
August 19, 2026
Subject: VEBA Advisory Committee Appointments
currently have 6,707 participants and include active employees, former employees, retirees, and approximately $114.6 million in assets. All newly hired employees represented by a bargaining unit are placed into the VEBA plan and make contributions based on a percent of base pay. The VEBA Advisory Committee is responsible for administering the VEBA Plans, the trust account, and is responsible for the operation of the Plans in accordance with their terms. The VEBA Advisory Committee is required to determine all questions arising out of the administration, interpretation, and application of the Plans, including evaluating and selecting investment options.
Resolution No. 78563, dated May 1, 2018, requires that the VEBA Advisory Committee be composed of five members: One active member of the San Jose Firefighters, IAFF Local 230; one active member of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association; two active members of the Federated Unions; and one active member of unrepresented employees. The union members shall be nominated by the respective unions. The City Manager or City Manager’s designee shall nominate the unrepresented employee member. As a Council-appointed committee, appointments to the VEBA Advisory Committee must first be approved by the Rules and Open Government Committee before being recommended to the City Council. The appointment of nominated employees to the VEBA Committee shall be routine business on the City Council agenda. The City Council shall approve the nomination unless the City Council finds cause for rejection.
Each member of the VEBA Advisory Committee shall be an active employee who is a participant in a VEBA Plan and shall serve a four-year term, with the exception that the initial terms of the members were set to allow each member’s term to end in subsequent years. In the event a vacancy should occur in the office of any member prior to the expiration of a term, a successor shall be nominated for the unexpired portion of the member’s term pursuant to the process set forth above. There are no term limits for members.
ANALYSIS
The POA’s active employee member, Sebastian Wisniewski, submitted his resignation from the VEBA Advisory Committee on July 15, 2026. The POA was asked to submit nominations for City Council approval and appointment to the VAC for the remainder of Mr. Wisniewski’s existing four-year term.
On July 25, 2026, the POA responded and nominated Edward Carboni to serve the remainder of Mr. Wisniewski’s four-year term. Edward Carboni is a member of the VEBA Plan and, if approved, will serve as the POA active employee member on the VEBA Advisory Committee until May 31, 2028.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
August 19, 2026
Subject: VEBA Advisory Committee Appointments
EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP
Whenever terms of the members are due to expire or a seat becomes vacant, a recommendation will be presented to the City Council to appoint nominees to fill those seats on the VAC. The recommendation will allow the VAC to continue to do business by having a quorum at its next meeting on September 21, 2026.
COORDINATION
This memorandum has been coordinated with the City Attorney’s Office and the City Clerk’s Office.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
The key stakeholders were invited to nominate a candidate for appointment to the VAC.
BOARD, COMMISSION, COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AND INPUT
No board, commission, or committee recommendation or input is associated with this action.
CEQA
Not a Project, File No. PP17-010, City Organizational and Administrative Activities resulting in no changes to the physical environment.
PUBLIC SUBSIDY REPORTING
This item does not include a public subsidy as defined in section 53083 or 53083.1 of the California Government Code or the City’s Open Government Resolution.
Aram Kouyoumdjian
Director of Human Resources and the City
Manager’s Office of Employee Relations
For questions, please contact Amy Morton, Senior Benefits Analyst, Human Resources Department, at [email protected] or (408) 975-1425.