REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Resolution for an Exception to the 180 Day Waiting Period to Appoint David Staub, a Retired Annuitant to Serve as Temporary Extra Help (Government Code Sections 7522.56 and 21224) in the Department of Public Works to Perform Work as a Deputy Director
Report
BACKGROUND
Generally, the Public Employment Retirement Law (PERL) requires that retired annuitants serve a 180-day wait period before working in a retired annuitant position. However, the PERL also provides for exceptions to this waiting period if certain criteria are met and the governing body of the public agency adopts a non-consent calendar resolution at a public meeting approving the appointment as a critically needed position before the 180 days has passed. The adoption of the resolution allows the employer to hire a retired annuitant to perform work of a limited duration requiring specialized skills (Government Code Sections 7522.56 and 21224).
DISCUSSION
It is recommended that Dave Staub, formerly a Deputy Director with the Department of Public Works, be rehired as retired annuitant on January 20, 2026. The Department is beginning a Deputy Director recruitment and, while the recruitment is ongoing, the City is requesting to hire Mr. Staub to perform special projects in the Department of Public Works which primarily impact and support key department operations and functions, including Super Bowl and FIFA coordination.
As noted previously, Mr. Staub was most recently a Deputy Director (Job Code 176) in the Department of Public Works and retired on December 31, 2025. He was hired as by the City on November 29, 1999 as a Solid Waste Superintendent (Job Code 152), promoted to Superintendent of Streets and Storm Maintenance (Job Code 159) on December 14, 2008, was promoted to the position of Deputy Director (Job Code 176) on September 1, 2013.
It should be noted that retired annuitants do not receive benefits from the City and are limited to nine hundred an...
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