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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7805 RESOLUTION NO 7805 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFITS TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND RESCINDING CITY OF REDLANDS RESOLUTION NO 7007 WHEREAS, puisuaint to Government Code section 53201, the City Council of the City of Redlands is authorized to establish health and welfare benefits for "its officers, employees, retired employees and retired members of the legislative body," and WHEREAS, with respect to members of the City Council, Goveimrient Code section 53201 further authorizes such ineinbers to participate in the City's health benefits program if such members "elect to accept the benefits and [they] authorize a local agency to deduct the premiums, dues, of other charges fioin their compensation, to the extent that the chaiges aie not covered by payments from funds under the jurisdiction fioin of the local agency as permitted by section 5')205," and WHEREAS, in September of 1989, the City Council of the City of Redlands adopted Resolution No 4572, entitled "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Redlands Electing to be Subject to Public Employees Medical and Hospital Cale Act [PEMHCA] with Respect to Members of a Specific Employee Organization and Fixing the Employer's Contribution foi Employees and the Employer's Contribution for Armuitants at Different Amounts," which states m relevant part, that "the City of Redlands desires to obtain for ineinbers of the City Council, who are employees and anriultants of the Agency, the benefit of the Act within [PEMHCA] and to accept the liabilities and obligations of an employer under the Act," and WHEREAS, the CalPERS Board of Admmistiation administers the PEMHCA health benefit program and determines the benefit's desrb n, including any co-pays, deductibles, providel s, and pi emiums, and WHEREAS, on the 16"' day of November, 2010, the City Council of the City of Redlands adopted Resolution No 7007, entitled "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Redlands Relating to the Provision of Health and Welfare Benefits to Members of the City Council" to reduce the costs the City incurs for the provision of health and welfare benefits to City Council mcmbers by providing that the City shall only pay the contractual amount of thice hundred ninety seven dollars ($397) per month required by CalPERS foi participation in PEMHCA, and WHEREAS, by its adoption of Resolution No 7007, the City Council also resolved that for newly elected, reelected, and appointed City Council members who take the oath of office after December 1, 2010, the City shall not pay any vision benefit, or any premiums for life rnsuiance or dental rnsuiance, and WHEREAS, this City Council recognizes that the City of Redlands is blessed with an abundance of motivated, civic-lninded, residents who wish devote then time, skills, and unique expertise to public service to enhance the well-being of the City's residents and the high quality of life and experiences available to the Redlands community at large, and WHEREAS, this City Council recognizes that there is a need to incentivize such highly qualified persons to seek the office of City Council fol the City of Redlands given the individual i 1%cclerklResolutions\Res 7800 7899/7805 City Council Benefits Reso.doc tune, financial, and family commitments necessary to be expended to effectively carry out the obligations and duties of a City Council member, and WHEREAS, it is now the desire of the City Council to add such an incentive by increasing the amount the City pays a City Council member for medical health and welfare benefits from three hundred ninety seven dollars ($397) to nide hundred dollars ($900), which is the equivalent of the lowest sum it pays to existing City employees for medical health and welfare benefits, and by providing a post-service medical benefit to former City Council members, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS as follows Section 1. For City Council members who elect to have medical coverage through PEMHCA, the City of Redlands shall pay a medical insurance benefit to such City Council member in an amount not to exceed nine hundred dollars ($900) Section 2 Individual City Council members m office from and after the effective date of this Resolution who are CalPERS eligible and subsequently leave the service of the City as a Council member shall be entitled to a Medical Bridge Program paid for by the City until the City Council member participating in such program becomes Medicare-eligible The "Medical Bridge Program" is defined, for purposes of City Council members and this Resolution, as the least expensive Ca1PERS health insurance plan made available by the City to its then existing employees at the time a former City Council member elects to participate in the Medical Bridge Program, until the former City Council member reaches the age of Medicare eligibility, at which tune the benefit will cease for such former City Council member City Council members who receive the minimum Medical Bridge Program coverage may elect to receive additional coverage through the City for themselves and their respective dependents, provided, however, the cost for such additional coverage shall be paid by the City Council member and not paid for by the City Section 3 The City shall continue to not pay any vision benefit, or any premiums for life insurance or dental insurance, for City Council members or foriner City Council members Section 4 This Resolution shall take effect upon the date of its adoption ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED THIS 5TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2017 ell Paul W Foster, Mayor ATTEST ,J#ine Donaldson, City Clerk 2 1-lcclerklResolutions\Res 7800-789917805 City Council Benefits Reso.doc I, Jeanne Donaldson, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 5th day of December, 2017 by the following vote AYES Councihnembers Harrison, Baricl-, Tejeda, Momberger, Mayor Foster NOES None ABSENT None ABSTAIN None c.� Jq6die Donaldson, City Clerk 3 I Icclerk\ResolutionslRes 7800-789917805 City Council Benefits Reso.dOC