To YCEA Members,

Your YCEA Board and staff have carefully considered all the pros and cons before recommending your deferral of the County assuming responsibility for the CalPERS 7% Employee Contribution. Your Board's decision was not made lightly or without serious debate. We have made a strong effort to schedule multiple meetings at different times and different locations to ensure to the greatest degree possible that the membership has an opportunity to vote on this important matter.

We are also trying to ensure that our members have all the information necessary to make an informed decision and that your questions are answered to the fullest extent possible. We understand that we are asking you to sacrifice by deferring our contract provision for one year. Your Board has made it clear that they will not support a deferral beyond July 1, 2010. While we are asking you to support this decision and to make the sacrifice, please keep in mind that there are also benefits to you in making this decision.

To answer some of your additional questions and to provide you with additional information; we are posting several PDF files for your review. Please take the time to read my letter to Robert Bendorf and Martha Wilson regarding this matter which is posted as a PDF file. When you attend one of the membership meetings, you will be given a ballot when you are checked in. It is not necessary, for you to remain at the meeting during the questions and answers and/or discussion regarding this important matter. We ask that you consider all the facts before making a decision.

Sincerely,

Gary Stucky

Executive Director