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ARTICLE XII <br /> 12.0 WELLNESS AND FITNESS REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM <br /> 12.1 The City agrees to provide employees covered by this MOU up to a three-hundred dollars <br /> ($300) per fiscal year reimbursement for qualified wellness programs and fitness <br /> memberships as defined below: <br /> A. Membership in a health/fitness club. <br /> B. Participation in a weight loss/smoking cessation/wellness/fitness program <br /> 12.2 Employees must complete a wellness and fitness reimbursement program form and provide <br /> proof of enrollment, and receipt of purchase during the current fiscal year in order to <br /> receive reimbursement. An employee may pre-purchase a multi-year wellness/fitness <br /> enrollment. In the event an employee pre-purchases a wellness/fitness enrollment and is <br /> provided a single receipt, Human Resources may evaluate how to disburse the <br /> reimbursement. Forms with required back up documentation will be turned into Human <br /> Resources for the Executive Director of Human Resources or their designee's approval. A <br /> copy will be kept in Human Resources and the original will be returned to the employee. <br /> If approved for reimbursement, the department will complete a Direct Payment Voucher <br /> (DPV) along with form and back-up documentation to the Finance Department for <br /> processing. <br /> 12.3 Reimbursement requests will not be processed if the request is turned in later than thirty <br /> (30) days from the end of the fiscal year in which enrollment and purchase was made. <br /> 12.4 The city will not reimburse employees for any of the above listed activities for <br /> family/dependent health related expenses. <br /> 12.5 The Wellness-Fitness reimbursement is defined as "wages" in Section 61(a)(1) of the <br /> Internal Revenue Code and Section 1.61-21(a)(3) of the Income Tax Regulations provide <br /> that except as otherwise provided in subtitle A, gross income includes compensation for <br /> services, including fees, commissions, fringe benefits, and similar items. As such, the <br /> reimbursement is considered wages subject to employment taxes under Sections 312(a), <br /> 3306(b), and 3401(a). <br /> 12.6 The wellness-fitness reimbursement defined in this section is not intended to be defined as <br /> compensation eainable under Public Employees Retirement Law (PERL), Government <br /> Code (G.C.) section 20636. <br />