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09-89 RESOLUTION NO. 09-89 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 out the amount of an allowance 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 benefit 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 or will allow the employee to designate all or a portion of such amount for deposit into the City's 457 deferred compensation plan through the International City Managers' Association; 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 will provide 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. VALERIEP 25650_1 Resolution 09-89 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 4. 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, to the extent that the employee does not designate such remaining amount for contribution to the City's 457 plan. A Council member must determine not to receive such remaining amount or must elect to deposit it into the City's 457 plan All deposits to a 457 plan are subject to the federal statutes and regulations governing such plans. The 457 plan may be replaced or supplemented by additional, tax-qualified deferred compensation plans in the future. Section 5. Agency staff is directed to take the necessary actions to implement this Resolution. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of June, 2009, by the following vote: AYES NOES. tA ABSENT:YL&/10 ABSTAIN: �r Wallace W. Edgerton, Mayor Attest: H�� Kathy Bennett, City Clerk 2