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The San Ramon City Council is set Tuesday to consider an exemption to state requirements that would allow a longtime staff member with the city’s public works department to finish what staff are calling critical tasks related to her position while the city works to find a successor.
Darlene Amaral, a 24-year city employee, retired from her position as senior administrative analyst with the transportation division of the city’s public works department on Oct. 13. Under state requirements, a 180-day waiting period is generally required between retirement and appointment to a retired annuitant position, in which retired employees from state agencies work on a temporary basis to accomplish critical tasks at those agencies.
“Due to the need to cover critical tasks in the Transportation Division in the areas of Southwest Area Transportation (SWAT/SWAT TAC) Committee meetings, 511 Contra Costa programs and incentives, and priority Transportation Division tasks, staff is requesting that an exception be made to the 180- day waiting period for the hiring of CalPERS Annuitants so that Ms. Amaral may be temporarily appointed as a retired annuitant in the Public Works Department, Transportation Division to complete these critical tasks,” public works director Maria Fierner wrote in a staff report prepared for the upcoming council meeting.
A public meeting on the matter is required in order to approve an exemption to the waiting period, Fierner noted.
The 180-day waiting period has been a requirement by the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) since 2013, with exceptions allowed for situations in which it is determined that appointing a former employee as a retired annuitant is required to fill a “critical need” before then, and in which the measure is certified and approved by the governing body of the public employer.
Fierner said in the staff report that this is the situation in Amaral’s case, with the public works division requiring tasks that Amaral is uniquely situated to carry out in the immediate future.
“While staff is reviewing Ms. Amaral’s responsibilities and determining the succession plan for her position, there are critical tasks that need to be covered and/or completed in the Transportation Division, and Ms. Amaral has unique knowledge and skills to complete those tasks,” Fierner said. “She has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in these programs to facilitate the tasks and meet critical deadlines. Additionally, she can provide valuable assistance with the succession plan.”
The San Ramon City Council is set to meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday (Oct. 24). The agenda is available here.
In other business
* San Ramon Police Chief Denton Carlson is set to introduce recently promoted Capt. John Cranford.
* The council is set to recognize recent graduates of the city’s Planning Academy, with this year’s class consisting of Sara Ali, Rohit Anumula, Erzhena Batudaeva, Roger Bergman, Robert Bickel, Chris Carson, Sara Gao, Patricia Gilchrist, Sandra March, Rob Maser, Marguerite Mazzitti, Claire Ona, Rosa Poon, Udaya Rajbhandari, Ramya Shenoy, Bernard Szalaj, Tomomi Yamamoto, Lino Velo and Kenny Vuong.
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