PensionsAugust 6, 2010 Public Sector Roundtable
Pension costs are going up for cities everywhere at the same time as cities face shrinking budgets. The resulting crisis was the topic of the August 6, 2010 Public Sector Roundtable, a meeting of local public officials and Ethics Center staff. SpeakersWhat We Learned A Framework for Thinking Ethically About Government PensionsEthics Hotspots Participants Nellie Ancel, Fremont Senior Deputy AttorneyGary Baum, Palo Alto City Attorney Joan Borger, Fremont Assistant City Attorney Liz Brown, Santa Clara Director of Human Resources Patrick Burt, Palo Alto Mayor Brian Doyle, San Jose Senior Deputy City Attorney Rick Doyle, San Jose City Attorney Dan Furtado, Campbell Council Member David Ginsborg, Santa Clara County Deputy to the Assessor Beau Goldie, Santa Clara Valley Water District CEO Antonio Guerra, San Jose Budget and Policy Analyst John Guthrie, Santa Clara County Finance Melinda Hamilton, Sunnyvale Mayor Kirk Hanson, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Emily Harrison, Santa Clara Deputy County Executive Barbara Jordan, San Jose Senior Deputy City Attorney David Knapp, Cupertino City Manager Gary Luebbers, Sunnyvale City Manager Fr. Tony Mancuso, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Laura Miyakawa, Cupertino City Human Resources Raania Mohsen, Santa Clara County Cities Association Joe Pirzynski, Los Gatos Council Member Rumi Portillo, Los Gatos Human Resources Director Fr. Nicky Santos, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Megan Satterlee, Los Altos Council Member Jennifer Sparacino, Santa Clara City Manager Steve Tate, Morgan Hill Mayor Jamie Matthews, Santa Clara Council Member Oliverio Pierluigi, San Jose Council Member Wynne Furth, Atherton Town City Attorney - Reforming California PERS how can we influence the legislators? - Medical marihuana - Structural financial problems or extraordinary fiscal crisis. How do we discern one from the other? - Other solutions to structural deficit. E.g. Shared services? - OPEB liabilities with key focus on funding options and future costs - What are the "restrictors" for the public servant to the public servants? And what needs to happen to unbind the public servant? - Regionalization for provision and services e.g. San Carlos contracting for fire, police maintenance - Are small jurisdictions going to disappear? - Do a similar program in one year to evaluate progress made |
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