With no discussion, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved a measure that ultimately could reduce double-dipping in the county.
The measure would allow the county to rehire retirees. To date, the county's retirement system does not allow retirees to go back to work and continue accruing service credit for their pensions.
This meant one of the only options for retirees who wanted to go back to work full-time for the county was to work as contractors. For example, Jim Hunt, acting Countywide Services Agency administrator, is heading that agency through a personal services contract while also collecting his pension.
Dennis Jones, the Sacramento Superior Court's executive officer, is working as a consultant for the state's Judicial Council as opposed to directly for the court. The court is then reimbursing the state for his salary.
If the new measure is enacted, retirees who become full-time employees again would stop receiving their pension payments. Instead, they would continue to earn service credit like any other worker until they retire again.
"Going forward we thought it was an important option for the county to have," said Mark Norris, the county's Internal Services Agency administrator.
The board unanimously approved the first-reading of the measure without discussion. The issue will be on their consent agenda in several weeks.
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