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The board of the Orange County Employees Retirement System is scheduled to vote Monday on whether to dock the pension benefits of former county public works executive Carlos Bustamente because of his sex crimes.
Supervisors Todd Spitzer and Andrew Do asked that former county executive Carlos Bustamante’s pension be retroactively reduced due to his guilty pleas to sex crimes against county employees.
Orange County Supervisor Lisa Bartlett is already dealing with horse trading even before being named chairwoman, as a controversial appointment to the county retirement board is on this week’s board agenda.
Segal Consulting took months to reveal key changes that are slated to trigger at least $12 million per year in extra payments from cities and other public agencies.
Kimberly Edds of AOCDS argues that Orange County’s pension board should fire it’s actuary over omissions and phase in new pension cost increases impacting public safety across many South County contract cities.
Shari Freidenrich continues to waffle over a pension vote she cast as a member of the Orange County Employees Retirement System.
Supervisor John Moorlach says if labor talks don’t produce results this summer, OC could opt for a ballot initiative changing the structure of the local retirement system. Labor leaders decry the move as political grandstanding.