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Committee recommends clarifying charter language on retirement and CalPERS references
Summary
Committee members agreed Article XII needs clearer drafting: references to the "State Employees Retirement Act" should be updated, and the charter should reflect that the city contracts with the state system (CalPERS) rather than "adopting" it.
Sunnyvale's Charter Review Committee spent part of its March 6 meeting on Article XII (retirement), where members flagged outdated phrasing and asked staff to propose clearer language about the city's relationship with the state retirement system.
Member Vickrey said he could not find a current "State Employees Retirement Act" and observed that the statute cited is now commonly referred to…
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