# Board of Supervisors Minutes: March 2, 2010 - Meeting date: 2010-03-02 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 24 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/1978/2010-03-02-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfbos.archive.sf.gov/ftp/meetingarchive/full_board/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/minutes/2010/m030210.pdf) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 100218: Committee of the Whole - Reducing Employer Retirement Benefit Costs - Pages: 6-7 ### File 100156: Reducing Employer Retirement Benefit Costs - Pages: 7-8 - Sponsors: Mar; Campos, Elsbernd and Mirkarimi - Vote 1: amendment - Action: id deposits; (4) establish an employee contribution rate of nine percent for all employees hired on and after July 1, 2010, who become members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS); (5) require all contracts with CalPERS for persons hired on and after July 1, 2010, to include a two-year formula for the calculation of final compensation to the fullest extent possible; (6) require all contracts and contract amendments on and after July 1, 2010, for personnel of the sheriff's department and housing authority police who are members of CalPERS to be cost-neutral to the City and County; (7) create a new retirement plan for miscellaneous officers and employees hired on and after July 1, 2010, that modifies the average final compensation calculation from a one-year formula to a two-year formula; and (8) create new retirement plans for safety members hired on and after July 1, 2010, that increase required employee retirement contributions to nine percent and modify the average final compensation calculation from a one-year formula to a two-year formula. Supervisors Elsbernd and Mirkarimi requested to be added as co-sponsors. ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Noes: Daly - Excused: Alioto-Pier ### File 100059: Appropriating $3,257,575 of General Fund Reserve for Indigent Defense Expenses in the Superior Court for FY2009-2010 - Pages: 8 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 100059 [Appropriating $3,257,575 of General Fund Reserve for Indigent Defense Expenses in the Superior Court for FY2009-2010] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance appropriating $3,257,575 of General Fund Reserve to fund indigent defense expenses associated with increased felony caseloads in the Superior Court for FY2009-2010, requiring a two-thirds affirmative vote of all members of the Board of Supervisors per San Francisco Charter Section 9.113, and placing $406,665, requiring a two-thirds affirmative vote of all members of the Board of Supervisors per San Francisco Charter Section 9.113, on Budget and Finance Committee Reserve. (Fiscal Impact.) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Excused: Alioto-Pier ### File 100099: Appropriating $1,233,664 of General Fund Reserve to the Public Defender for Salary Expenditures - Pages: 8 - Sponsors: Mar; Daly - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 100099 [Appropriating $1,233,664 of General Fund Reserve to the Public Defender for Salary Expenditures] Sponsors: Mar; Daly Ordinance appropriating $1,233,664 from the General Fund Reserve to the Public Defender for salary expenditures in FY2009-2010, requiring a two-thirds affirmative vote of all members of the Board of Supervisors per San Francisco Charter Section 9.113. Supervisor Daly requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Excused: Alioto-Pier ### File 100134: Health Service System Plans and Contribution Rates - Pages: 8-9 - Sponsors: Elsbernd - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 100134 [Health Service System Plans and Contribution Rates] Sponsor: Elsbernd Ordinance amending Chapter 16, Article XV, of Part 1 of the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 16.703 regarding Board approval of Health Service System Plans and Contribution Rates. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Excused: Alioto-Pier ## Extracted text ### [Page 7](https://sfbos.info/documents/1978/2010-03-02-minutes#page-7) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes Tuesday, March 2, 2010 From the Board 100156 [Reducing Employer Retirement Benefit Costs] Sponsors: Mar; Campos, Elsbernd and Mirkarimi Charter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections A8.432, A8.506, A8.506-2, A8.506-3, and A8.510, and by adding Sections A8.432-1, A8.600 to A8.600-14, A8.601 to A8.601-16 and A8.602 to A8.602-16, to: (1) define "Participating Employers" for the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund to include the Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, to the extent it participates in the City and County's Health Service System and upon resolution by its governing board; (2) require the difference between the City and County's contribution to the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS) set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund; (3) require the difference between the "Participating Employers" contribution to SFERS set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund only upon resolution by the governing boards of the respective "Participating Employers" approving said deposits; (4) establish an employee contribution rate of nine percent for all employees hired on and after July 1, 2010, who become members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS); (5) require all contracts with CalPERS for persons hired on and after July 1, 2010, to include a two-year formula for the calculation of final compensation to the fullest extent possible; (6) require all contracts and contract amendments on and after July 1, 2010, for personnel of the sheriff's department and housing authority police who are members of CalPERS to be cost-neutral to the City and County; (7) create a new retirement plan for miscellaneous officers and employees hired on and after July 1, 2010, that modifies the average final compensation calculation from a one-year formula to a two-year formula; and (8) create new retirement plans for safety members hired on and after July 1, 2010, that increase required employee retirement contributions to nine percent and modify the average final compensation calculation from a one-year formula to a two-year formula. Supervisors Elsbernd and Mirkarimi requested to be added as co-sponsors. ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi Noes: 1 - Daly Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier City and County of San Francisco Page 173 Printed at 3:33 pm on 3/31/10 ### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/1978/2010-03-02-minutes#page-8) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes Tuesday, March 2, 2010 NEW BUSINESS Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee 100059 [Appropriating $3,257,575 of General Fund Reserve for Indigent Defense Expenses in the Superior Court for FY2009-2010] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance appropriating $3,257,575 of General Fund Reserve to fund indigent defense expenses associated with increased felony caseloads in the Superior Court for FY2009-2010, requiring a two-thirds affirmative vote of all members of the Board of Supervisors per San Francisco Charter Section 9.113, and placing $406,665, requiring a two-thirds affirmative vote of all members of the Board of Supervisors per San Francisco Charter Section 9.113, on Budget and Finance Committee Reserve. (Fiscal Impact.) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier 100099 [Appropriating $1,233,664 of General Fund Reserve to the Public Defender for Salary Expenditures] Sponsors: Mar; Daly Ordinance appropriating $1,233,664 from the General Fund Reserve to the Public Defender for salary expenditures in FY2009-2010, requiring a two-thirds affirmative vote of all members of the Board of Supervisors per San Francisco Charter Section 9.113. Supervisor Daly requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier 100134 [Health Service System Plans and Contribution Rates] Sponsor: Elsbernd Ordinance amending Chapter 16, Article XV, of Part 1 of the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 16.703 regarding Board approval of Health Service System Plans and Contribution Rates. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier City and County of San Francisco Page 174 Printed at 3:33 pm on 3/31/10