(A) The provisions of this section are not applicable to employees of the city who are covered under a collective bargaining agreement.
(B) All full-time employees of the city, employed on a permanent year-round basis, shall be entitled to receive life insurance benefits and disability insurance benefits as provided to said employees from time to time by the city.
(C) The city shall make available to employees covered by this section a health care insurance program. The health care insurance program shall consist of health care insurance (for doctor and hospital expenses), dental care insurance and vision care insurance. An employee may not enroll in one insurance program to the exclusion of another insurance program.
(D) (1) If the city offers to the employees covered by this section a high deductible health plan coupled with a health savings account, then, in that event, the plan being offered shall be subject to all of the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto; including, the provisions of Section 223. In the event that one or more of the provisions of this section are contrary to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto, then, in that event, those provisions of this section shall be declared null and void but the invalid part shall not in any manner affect or nullify any remaining provisions of this chapter and they shall continue in full force and effect.
(2) Each employee covered by this section shall establish a Qualified Health Savings Account (HSA). In the case of employees of the city that are covered by this section as of January 1, 2015, said HSA shall be established within two weeks of January 1, 2015. Each employee covered by this section who is employed by the city after January 1, 2015, shall establish an HSA within the first two weeks of employment.
(3) For each employee covered by this section who was employed by the city on January 1, 2015, and who is employed by the city on January 1, 2015, the city shall within 30 days of January 1, 2015, and January 1 of each year thereafter, provided the person continues to be employed by the city, deposit into each employee’s HSA the sum of $3,000.
(4) For each employee covered by this section who is employed by the city on or after January 2, 2015, the city shall deposit into said employee’s HSA the sum of $3,000 within the first 30 days of employment.
(5) Notwithstanding anything heretofore to the contrary, the total contribution by the city to the HSA account of each employee shall not exceed the sum of $3,000 in any one calendar year.
(6) No deposit shall be made by the city into any HSA account of any person that is not an employee of the city on January 1 for employees who were employed by the city on January 1, 2015.
(E) The city shall make available to employees covered by this section an employee only health care insurance program. The city shall pay all of the premium charge for the employee’s coverage.
(F) The city may make available to employees covered by this section an employee plus spouse health care insurance program. The city shall pay all of the premium charge for the employee. In the event that the spouse of the employee is an employee of an employer with 50 or more employees or is an employee of an employer with less than 50 employees that offers health insurance coverage to their employees, then, in that event, the city will not pay any of the premium charge for the coverage of the spouse. In the event that the spouse of the employee is not employed by an employer with 50 or more employees or is employed by an employer with less than 50 employees that does not offer health insurance coverage to their employees, the city shall pay a percentage of the additional premium charge for the coverage of spouse as follows:
For the period commencing July 1, 2013 - 75%
(G) The city may make available to employees covered by this section an employee plus child or children health care insurance program. The city shall pay all of the premium charge for the employee. The city shall pay a percentage of the additional premium charge for the coverage of the child or children as follows:
For the period commencing July 1, 2013 - 75%
(H) The city may make available to employees covered by this section a family health care insurance program. The city shall pay all of the premium charge for the employee. In the event that the spouse of the employee is an employee of an employer with 50 or more employees or is an employee of an employer with less than 50 employees that offers health insurance coverage to their employees, then, in that event, the city will not pay any of the premium charge for the coverage of the spouse. In the event that the spouse of the employee is not employed by an employer with 50 or more employees or is employed by an employer with less than 50 employees that does not offer health insurance coverage to their employees, the city shall pay a percentage of the additional premium charge for the coverage of the spouse as follows:
For the period commencing July 1, 2013 - 75%
The City shall pay a percentage of the additional premium charge for the coverage of the family (after deducting the premium charge of the employee and the spouse of the employee) as follows:
For the period commencing July 1, 2013 - 75%
(I) In the event that any full-time employee of the city, employed on a permanent year-round basis, who was employed the city prior to May 8, 2000, as a full-time, permanent year-around employee, shall elect not to receive health insurance benefits for employee’s spouse or spouse and dependents, then, in that event, said full-time employee making said election shall receive an additional sum in lieu of said health insurance benefits, which sum shall be $104.31, bi-weekly, payable at the end of each two-week period. This additional sum of $ 104.31 is known as “Benefit Salary” in this chapter.
(J) All full-time employees of the city that elect to enroll qualifying adult dependent children to their health insurance benefits pursuant to any State or Federal Statute will be responsible for any premium coverage increases related to the addition of adult dependent children and the premium increases shall be deducted from the employee’s salary.
(Ord. 05-17, passed 6-13-05; Am. Ord. 06-16, passed 5-8-06; Am. Ord. 07-09, passed 5-14-07; Am. Ord. 07-18, passed 6-11-07; Am. Ord. 07-22, passed 7-23-07; Am. Ord. 08-20, passed 5-12-08; Am. Ord. 09-11, passed 4-13-09; Am. Ord. 09-48, passed 10-12-09; Am. Ord. 10-20, passed 6-14-10; Am. Ord. 11-09, passed 5-9-11; Am. Ord. 12-31, passed 6-25-12; Am. Ord. 13-20, passed 6-10-13; Am. Ord. 14-10, passed 5-12-14; Am. Ord. 15-08, passed 6-8-15; Am. Ord. 15-18, passed 8-10-15; Am. Ord. 16-15, passed 6-28-16)