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151.09 MEDICAL HEALTH CARE FOR RETIREES.
(a) As used herein “retiree” means an employee who is currently retired, or retires hereafter, with the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) or the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund (OP&F) from employment with the City of Cuyahoga Falls having a minimum of twelve years of continuous full-time service with the City immediately before the date of retirement. Retiree does not include any employee whose date of hire is on or after January 1, 2004. As used herein, “health care cost” means health insurance premiums, prescription drug insurance premiums, and deductibles and co-payments, charged under a health care plan provided to the retiree, or the surviving spouse of the retiree by virtue of the retiree’s public employment, by either PERS or OP&F to provide health care to the retiree, the retiree’s eligible spouse, and the retiree’s eligible children.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by applicable collective bargaining agreements, effective January 1, 2004, the City shall reimburse a retiree for health care costs incurred by the retiree or the surviving spouse of the retiree up to the following annual maximum amounts:
PERS Retirees $1,935.00 per retiree to include premiums, deductibles and copayments, which amount shall increase five percent (5%) per year commencing January 1, 2005.
OP&R Retirees
Single Coverage $1,129.00 per retiree for premiums which amount shall increase five percent (5%) per year commencing January 1, 2005, plus $400.00 for deductibles and copayments.
Single and Spousal
Coverage $2,831.00 per retiree for premiums which amount shall increase five percent (5%) per year commencing January 1, 2005, plus $400.00 for deductibles and copayments.
Family Coverage $3,575.00 per retiree for premiums which amount shall increase five percent (5%) per year commencing January 1, 2005, plus $400.00 for deductibles and copayments.
The annual reimbursement maximum for premiums shall be prorated on a monthly basis and the amount of reimbursement for premiums in a given month shall not exceed the prorated monthly amount.
(c) The reimbursements provided for herein shall cease upon the happening of either of the following events.
(1) The retiree and the retiree’s spouse both reach the age of 65 years.
(2) The retiree, the retiree’s spouse, or the surviving spouse of a retiree becomes employed on a full-time basis with the City of Cuyahoga Falls.
(3) Any event, the effect of which under eligibility requirements in effect at PERS or OP&F would be that PERS or OP&F would cease to provide insurance premium subsidies to the retiree or the retiree’s surviving spouse.
(d) In the event that either PERS or OP&F terminate health care coverage to retirees after the effective date of this ordinance, an adversely affected retiree shall be permitted to return to the City’s health care plan, provided that the retiree pay one-third the amount of the premium charged pursuant to the Comprehensive Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.
(e) The Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to make the payments provided for herein. (Ord. 160-2003. Passed 12-15-03.)
151.10 COUNCIL CONFIRMATION OF CERTAIN APPOINTMENTS.
(a) Any mayoral appointment to a position in the unclassified service with an entry level pay rate equal to or greater than ninety percent (90%) of the pay rate for the Finance, Service or Law Directors shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to the approval of a majority of Council.
(b) Such confirmation requirement shall be affective May l, 1990, and shall not apply to any appointments made prior to said effective date.
(Ord. 66-1990. Passed 4-23-90.)
151.11 CONSULTING SERVICES PERFORMED BY FORMER CITY EMPLOYEES.
(a) Within two years from the most recent date of termination of employment with the City of Cuyahoga Falls, a former City employee may only be retained to provide consulting services to the City for a period not to exceed two hundred and forty (240) hours at a rate not to exceed the highest hourly rate earned by said employee during employment with the City without approval of City Council.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not limit the re-employment of any former City employee.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any contract for consulting services entered into prior to the effective date of this section.
(Ord. 67-1990. Passed 4-23-90.)
151.12 FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.
(a) The City shall provide its employees with Family and Medical Leave as required by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“the Act”) as the same may be amended from time to time.
(b) An employee entitled to an unpaid leave of absence under the Act shall be paid during such absence from any sick leave balance available to the employee or injury pay if applicable. Any paid leave time taken during an absence qualifying as Family and/or Medical Leave under the Act shall run concurrently with any unpaid leave to which the employee is entitled under the Act.
(c) Health care benefits will continue during any leave, whether paid or unpaid, authorized by the Act under the same terms and conditions as if the employee were working, provided that, in the event the employee is on unpaid leave and separates his employment with the City during such unpaid leave, the City may recover the cost of such health care premiums from the employee’s final cashout, and if a balance is still outstanding, by other collection methods authorized by law.
(Ord. 93-2009. Passed 10-26-09.)
151.13 ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
The appointing authority or his designee may place any employee on administrative leave when, in the exercise of his discretion, he determines it is in the best interest of the employee or the City. Administrative leave shall be leave with full pay and benefits. Administrative leave is not punitive or disciplinary in nature. An employee on administrative leave shall not report for duty during the period of such leave.
(Ord. 109-2000. Passed 6-12-00.)