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12. E. HUMANSERVICEs-NONE <br /> 12. F. LEISURE SERVICES-NONE <br /> 12. G. OFFICE OFMANAGEMENTAND BUDGET <br /> 12. G. 1 . GOVERNOR 'S RECOMMENDATION ONPENSIONREFORM <br /> Management & Budget Director Jason Brown updated the Board on the " Governor ' s <br /> Recommendation on Pension Reform" , which contains : ( 1 ) a provision for County employees to <br /> contribute 5 % of their salary towards their pension ; and (2 ) the requirement to rebate to the State , <br /> through a reduction in State Revenue Sharing (sales tax) revenues , any resultant savings by the <br /> County. He explained that the taxing funds and the MSTU fund would bear the brunt of the <br /> impacts, with the MSTU losing about $ 1 . 1 million if the plan was implemented today . He <br /> reported that also pending is Senate Bill 1130 ( SB 1130) , which requires a 2% contribution from <br /> the employees with no similar rebate provision, which if approved as drafted, would affect a $ 1 . 1 <br /> million savings to the County . He pointed out that the companion House Bill has not yet <br /> surfaced, and emphasized that the County needs to ensure that a provision about the State <br /> revenue sharing would not be put into the final law . <br /> Commissioner O ' Bryan was not opposed to the employee contributions to their pensions ; <br /> however, he objected to the State ' s taking sales tax revenues away from the County . He inquired <br /> whether the Board should at this time , draft a Resolution opposing the Governor ' s proposal . <br /> Director Brown indicated that for now, the Board should keep the various legislative <br /> issues in mind, and encourage the Legislature to keep the rebate requirement out of Senate Bill <br /> 1130 , <br /> Vice Chairman Wheeler supported the employee contributions to their pensions and <br /> agreed that a portion of the revenues should go to the State , but wanted the State to re-evaluate <br /> March 1 , 2011 18 <br />