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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7904 RESOLUTION NO 7904 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 7805 WHEREAS, pursuant to Governinent 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, Governinent Code section 53201 further authorizes such members 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, or other charges from their compensation, to the extent that the charges are not covered by payments from funds under the jurisdiction from of the local agency as permitted by section 53205," 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 Care Act [PEMHCA] with Respect to Members of a Specific Employee Organization and Fixing the Employer's Contribution for Employees and the Employer's Contribution for Annuitants at Different Amounts," which states in relevant part, that "the City of Redlands desires to obtain for members of the City Council, who are employees and annuitants 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 Ca1PERS Board of Administration administers the PEMHCA health benefit program and determines the benefit's design, including any co-pays, deductibles, providers, and premiums, and WHEREAS, on the 16th 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 members by providing that the City shall only pay the contractual amount of three hundred ninety seven dollars ($397) per month required by Ca1PERS for 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 insurance or dental insurance, and WHEREAS, this City Council recognzed that the City of Redlands is blessed with an abundance of motivated, civic-minded, residents who wish devote their 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 further recognized that there is a need to incentivize such highly qualified persons to seek the office of City Council for the City of Redlands given the 1 I 1Resolutions\Res 7900 799%7904 City Council Benefits Reso.doc individual time, financial, and family commitments necessary to be expended to effectively carry out the obligations and duties of a City Council member, and WHEREAS, this City Council previously adopted Resolution No 7805 to, among other items, provide a post-service "bridge" health insurance benefit to City Council members, and WHEREAS, upon subsequent review, based upon the recommendation of the City's legal counsel, this City Council now desires to eliminate the post-service "bridge" health insurance benefit to City Council members to ensure all benefits provided to City Council members remain in compliance with law, by rescinding and restating the substance of Resolution No 7805, 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 The City shall continue to not pay any vision benefit, or any premiums for life insurance or dental insurance, for City Council members or former City Council members Section 3 This Resolution shall take effect upon the date of its adoption ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED THIS 4TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2018 aul W Foster, Mayor ATTEST lzz��_dt� Ln_� J e Donaldson, City Clerk 2 1 IResoiutions\Res 7900-7999\7904 City Council Benefits Reso.doc I, Jeanne Donaldson, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof,held on the 4th day of September, 2018, by the following vote AYES Councilmembers Barich, Tejeda, Momberger, James, Mayor Foster NOES None ABSTAIN None ABSENT None 440,4t:tc Aa4'0� Jere Donaldson, City Clerk