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CityCouncil | 2012-10-30 | 5 | returns to 9% at the end of the contract. Councilmember Johnson inquired if staff would be addressing OPEB, to which the City Manager responded that he did not know at this point; stated the issue would come back for the entire City in the spring; OPEB is a difficult issue. Councilmember Johnson inquired how reopeners with the bargaining groups would be handled, to which the City Manager responded reopeners are a possibility and occurred in other cases; stated that he does not think there is a solution to OPEB that does not involve talking; the City does not want to fall out of contract or not know impacts on the budget. Councilmember Tam inquired if the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) spell out the new employees tiering in terms of the retirement age and averaging the highest three years. Mayor Gilmore stated in the past, issues have been in side letters which were not part of the MOU; stated her preference is to have an MOU that somebody could pick up and read it and know exactly what was included and agreed to; that she would not want someone to have to go to another document to look up the new law. The City Manager stated staff intends to incorporate changes into the contracts and extinguish side letters that are no longer relevant. Councilmember deHaan inquired where the threshold is in the financial emergency of selling off Alameda Point and Alameda Municipal Power (AMP) assets; stated sales should be off the table. The City Manager responded that he did not what the courts have defined as a fiscal emergency; stated Alameda Point is a decided issue and cannot be sold because any revenues that come from the sale of property or from lease revenues at Alameda Point is required to go back into the infrastructure and development of Alameda Point under the agreement with the Navy. The City Attorney stated that she would not opine as to what is a fiscal emergency, but the assumption is that there have to be more debts than assets, then the City would have to marshal assets to pay off debts. Mayor Gilmore stated a fiscal emergency would be hard to declare with a 24% fund balance reserve. Vice Mayor Bonta inquired if letters were sent to the four public bargaining units to reopen contracts, to which the City Manager responded in the negative; stated new contracts, which will be effective July 1, are being negotiated. Vice Mayor Bonta inquired if there are meetings next week, to which City Manager Special Meeting Alameda City Council 5 October 30, 2012 | CityCouncil/2012-10-30.pdf |