(a) Full-time employees of all City departments shall be eligible to participate in the City's hospitalization, dental and vision care group insurance programs, or such other equivalent or improved hospitalization insurance as shall be determined by Council from time to time.
It is the employee's responsibility to notify the Human Resources Department of any changes to be made to his or her contract coverage within 30 days of such occurrence. No current employee may be excluded from such coverage due to pre-existing conditions.
(b) Employees may choose to "opt" out of the employer provided medical, dental, and vision plans. Employees choosing to "opt out" of the medical, dental, and vision plans shall receive a monthly payment of two hundred dollars ($200.00) a month for each month said medical, dental, and vision plans are waived.
(Ord. 2000-72. Passed 7-19-00; Ord. 2003-105. Passed 12-17-03; Ord. 2005-086. Passed 7-6-05; Ord. 2008-108. Passed 10-15-08; Ord. 2012-03. Passed 1-18-12; Ord. 2014-21. Passed 3-27-14; Ord. 2020-13, passed 2-5-20.)