Orange County Grand Jury • 2011-2012 • Agency Response
Response to: The Dissolution of Redevelopment: Where Have We Been? What Lies Ahead? 6/22/12, 1MB

Transparency Breaking Up Compensation Fog - but Why Hide Pension Costs?*

Published: August 07, 2012 2 pages
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Findings and Recommendations 2 findings

F4
(F4) - Transparency of Employer Pension Contribution Rates. Many Orange County local government web sites do not post their employer pension annual contribution rates prominently to their web sites as part of their compensation cost disclosure for public disclosure. We agree with this finding. Based on the 2012 Compensation Cost Transparency Assessment Ratings Chart, it appears that a majority of Orange County cities lack employer pension annual contributions on their websites. Nonetheless, according to the Ratings Chart, the City of Placentia is only one of five cities that have posted their employer pension contribution rates on their City's website.
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R4
(R4) - Transparency of Employer Pension Contribution Rates. The Grand Jury recommends that all Orange County cities, districts and joint power authorities, as well as the County of Orange, post their employer pension annual contribution rates prominently and transparently on their web sites. We support this recommendation. The City wholly embraces the importance of transparency of posting employer pension annual contribution rates prominently and transparently on its website and has this information currently posted on the City's website. This information will be updated on an annual basis.
F5
(F5) - Inclusion of Overtime and On-Call Pay in Employee Compensation Costs. The Orange County "de facto" standard for Compensation Cost Transparency in the county, cities, districts and joint power authorities now contains all employees, including a page for executives and all elected officials. Two key categories are missing from compensation cost reporting. They are overtime pay and on-call pay. We agree with this finding. Based on the current Compensation Cost Disclosure Model, the "Overtime" column is a new reporting requirement for 2012 and is currently being requested by The Honorable Judge Borris August 7, 2012 Page Two the Grand Jury. The City acknowledges the Grand Jury's finding and plans to post overtime and on-call pay costs on the City's website on or before October 1, 2012.
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R5
(R5) - Transparency of Overtime Pay and On-Call Pay in Employee Compensation Cost Reporting. The Grand Jury recommends that all Orange County cities, districts and joint power authorities, as well as the County of Orange, include overtime pay and on-call pay in compensation cost reporting on their employees' compensation pages. We support this recommendation. The City acknowledges the Grand Jury's recommendations and plans to post overtime and on-call pay on the City's website on or before October 1, 2012. This information will be updated on an annual basis. Thank you for affording us this opportunity to comment upon the findings and recommendations of the Grand Jury. Should you have any questions or need clarification regarding the City's responses contained herein, please do not hesitate to contact my office. Sincerely, rowery January Jeremy B. Yamaguchi Mayor cc: City Council

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