10-174 RESOLUTION NO. 10-174
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE PROVIDING
FOR CERTAIN HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFIT PLANS FOR ITS EMPLOYEES IN
ADDITION TO MEDICAL BENEFITS AND AUTHORIZING VOLUNTARY COUNCIL
MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY'S HEALTH AND WELFARE PLANS
WHEREAS, the City will be contracting for medical benefits under the Public
Employees Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMCHA) and for certain deferred
compensation plan welfare benefits; and
WHEREAS, the City also wishes to provide for dental, vision, long-term disability,
life insurance benefits and employee assistance program
WHEREAS, the City wishes to contribute to the cost of medical insurance and
such other benefits for employees by setting an (FSA) Flexible Spending Allowance in
the amount of$1500.00 per month which will be provided to each full-time employee to
be applied first to the purchase of coverage by such plans; and
WHEREAS, in the event that such allowance is not utilized in full for medical or other
benefits purchase because of the cost of the insurance or because the employee can
provide evidence of other coverage, the City will provide the remaining unused portion of
the allowance to the employee in cash. Cash payment shall be added to his/her taxable
compensation and shall be paid to him/her as follows: Flexible Benefit Allowance shall
be paid in twenty four (24) equal installments payable during the first two payroll dates of
each month during the Plan Year subject to any applicable wage withholding or similar
taxes; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Sections 53208 et seq provide that City Council
members may be participate in a City's health and welfare benefits plans on terms and
conditions specified by the City Council that are no greater than those afforded to the
employee(s) receiving the highest benefit, provided that no Council member may receive
cash instead of the benefit allowance; and
WHEREAS, only current employees and Council members would be eligible to
receive such additional health and welfare benefits and to apply any extra allowance to
` cash or a 457 deferred compensation plan, and to the extent allowed by law this
Resolution is not intended to and does not provide for any benefit of any kind for Council
members after they leave office.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Menifee resolves and orders as
follows:
Section 1. The recitals set out above are true and correct.
Section 2. Effective July 1, 2009, the City of Menifee has provided PEMCHA
medical benefits to its employees and council members on the terms and conditions set
out in Resolution No. 09-90. Employees are required to purchase the medical insurance
or show evidence of other coverage.
Section 3. In addition, the City will make available to its employees and council
members the following additional benefits, which they are not required to purchase.
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Resolution 10-174
Health Benefits
A. Dental Benefits
B. Vision Benefits
C. Long Term Disability
D. Life Insurance
E. Employee Assistance Program
F. Flexible Spending/Dependent Care Account (Section 125 Plan)
G. Additional benefit plans determined at the discretion of the City
Section 4. The City will-contribute $1500.00 per month on behalf of each -
employee or council member toward the cost of such medical and other insurance. They
must pay for the remainder of the cost of such benefits. .
Section 5. In the event that there is all or a portion of the allowance remaining, an
employee will receive that remaining portion in cash, taxable to the employee as income.
A Council member must determine not to receive such remaining amount as cash and
must elect to deposit into the City's 457 plan and/or in a (FSA) Flexible Spending
Account. All deposits to a 457 plan are subject to federal statutes and regulations
governing such plans. Should the deposits reach federal annual maximum said
contributions will stop for that Plan Year and will be deposited into a (FSA) Flexible
Spending Account. Benefits under the Flexible Spending Account shall take the form of
reimbursement by the Employer for Eligible Medical Spending Expenses incurred by the
participate during the remaining plan year.
Section 6. Agency staff is directed to take the necessary actions to implement
this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 19th day of October, 2010, by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES: (f) 1
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN: -nom
Wallace W. Edgerton, Mayor
Attest:
Kathy Bennett, City Clerk
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Wallace W.Edgerton
Mayor STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
Fred Twyman COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
Mayor Pro rem CITY OF MENIFEE )
John V.Denver I, Kathy Bennett, City Clerk of the City of Menifee, do hereby certify that the
Councilmember foregoing Resolution No. 10-174 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City
Darcy Kuenzi of Menifee at a meeting thereof held on the 19th day of October, 2010 by the
Councilmember following vote:
Scott A.Mann Ayes: Edgerton, Denver, Kuenzi, Mann, Twyman
Councilmember wy
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
Kathy Bennett, City Clerk
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