Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, January 04, 2022
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPOINTING A DIRECTOR AND ALTERNATE TO THE CALIFORNIA TRANSIT SYSTEMS JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On December 7, 2021, the City Council approved the purchase of transit liability insurance from the California Transit Systems Joint Powers Authority (CalTIP). This covers the City’s liabilities associated with operating the Carson Circuit fixed-route bus service, as well as City’s contingent liabilities associated with fixed-route bus service provided by Long Beach Transit. CalTIP is a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) that insures local transit lines.
As a requirement to joining CalTIP, the City must appoint a regular board member and an alternate board member to CalTIP’s Board of Directors. As such, the City Council is asked to appoint staff to these respective positions by job title/position. Based upon CalTIP’s current list of Board Members, member agencies typically appoint upper management to the role of Board of Director, and similarly for the role of Alternate.
Staff recommends appointing the City position of Risk Manager to the role of Board of Director, and the City position of Transportation Supervisor to the role of Alternate.II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Resolution No. 22-001, a “RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING A DIRECTOR AND ALTERNATE TO THE CALIFORNIA TRANSIT SYSTEMS JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY (CalTIP)” (Exhibit No. 1).
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
On December 7, 2021, the City Council approved the purchase of transit liability insurance from CalTIP, which included approval for the City to sign on as a party to CalTIP’s joint powers agreement.
CalTIP is a JPA comprised of public agency members that was established to administer a self-insurance pool insuring local transit lines, among other related purposes.
As a requirement to joining CalTIP, the City must appoint a board member and an alternate to CalTIP’s Board of Directors. As such, the City Council is asked to appoint staff to these respective positions by job title. Based upon a review of CalTIP’s current list of Board Members, member agencies typically appoint upper management to the role of regular Director, and similarly for the role of Alternate (Exhibit No. 2).
Staff recommends appointing the City position of Risk Manager to the role of regular Director/Board Member, and the City position of Transportation Supervisor to the role of Alternate. The purpose of the Alternate role is to attend and vote at CalTIP Board meetings when the regular Director is unavailable. Under the proposed resolution, the Community Services Director position would be designated as a backup Alternate, to serve in the event of absence or unavailability of the primary Alternate (the Transportation Supervisor position).
The term of the appointments is indefinite, in that the positions appointed will continue to serve in their respective appointed board member roles until further action of the Council (via a future resolution) to change appointees, or until City’s membership in CalTIP is terminated.
Meet and confer with CPSA and AFSCME Local 1017 is required regarding the impacts of the proposed new assignments on the subject positions, so the proposed resolution includes a caveat to the effect that the appointments are “subject to any statutorily required meet and confer with any affected employee organization.” The Human Resources Department has reached out to CPSA and AFSCME Local 1017 to initiate the meet and confer process, and the proposed appointments will be deemed final once the meet and confer process is successfully completed.
V. FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this recommendation.
VI. EXHIBITS
1. Resolution 22-001 (pgs. 3-4).
2. List of CalTIP Board Members (pgs. 5-6).
Prepared by: Jason Jo, Transportation Supervisor; Robert Lennox, Community Services Director; City Attorney's Office