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HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-043 - Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act311 RESOLUTION NO. 97- 04 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY OF SANTA ANA ELECTING TO BE SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ACT TO PROVIDE MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR THE FIREMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION MEMBERS AND ANNUITANTS AND FIXING THE EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION FOR EMPLOYEES AND THE EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION FOR ANNUITANTS AT DIFFERENT AMOUNTS. WHEREAS, Government Code Section 22850.3 provides that a contracting agency may elect upon proper application to participate under the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act with respect to a recognized employee organization only; and WHEREAS, Government Code Section 22857 provides that a contracting agency may fix the amount of the employer's contribution for employees and the employer's contribution for annuitants at different amounts provided that the monthly contribution for annuitants shall be annually increased by an amount not less than 5 percent of the monthly contribution for employees, until such time as the amounts are equal; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana, hereinafter referred to as Public Agency is a local agency contracting with the Public Employees' Retirement System; and WHEREAS, The Public Agency desires to obtain for the members of the Firemen's Benevolent Association, who are employees and annuitants of the agency, the benefit of the Act and to accept the liabilities and obligations of an employer under the Act and Regulations; and NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA: (a) That the Public Agency elect, and it does hereby elect, to be subject to the provisions of the Act for members of the Firemen's Benevolent Association who are annuitants and employees of the Agency; and be it further: That the employer's contribution for each employee shall be the amount necessary to pay the full cost of his enrollment, including the enrollment of his family members in a health benefits plan up to a maximum of $16.00 per month; and be it further: (c) That the employer's contribution for each annuitant shall be the amount necessary to pay the cost of his enrollment, including the enrollment of his family members, in a health benefits plan up to a maximum of $1.00 per month; and be it further: Resolution No. 97- 0 4 3 Page 2 (d) That the employer's contribution for each annuitant shall be increased annually by five percent of the monthly contribution for employees, until such time as the contributions are equal; and that the contributions for employees and annuitants shall be in addition to those amounts contributed by the Public Agency for administrative fees and to the Contingency Reserve Fund; and be it further: (e) That the executive body appoint and direct, and it does hereby appoint and direct, the Executive Director of Personnel Services to file with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System a verified copy of this Resolution, and to perform on behalf of said Public Agency all functions required of it under the Act and Regulations of the Board of Administration; and be it further: (f) That this Resolution shall be operative from and after January 1, 1998. ADOPTED this 6th day of oct. 1997. ATTEST: }CE C. GUY~', Councilmembers: PULIDO ESPINOZA FRANKLIN LUTZ MCGUIGAN MORENO RICHARDSON Aye Aye Aye Aye Absent TCHER, 313 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION State of California County of Orange I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Resolution No. e~ 7 - eg~/3 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on /~ -~ - ? 7 Clerk of the C~unciJ/~- - City of Santa Ana