The City will provide all full-time employees with a healthcare program on the following basis:
(a) Employees shall pay ten percent of the cost of the medical and hospitalization care plan provided by the City and the coverage selected by the member, if optional coverages are provided. The employee's contribution share shall be automatically deducted from the employee's paycheck on a weekly basis.
(b) The City shall pay the sum of four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) for an employee who is on a family plan; three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) for an employee plus spouse plan; three hundred dollars ($300.00) for an employee plus child(ren) plan; or one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175.00) for an employee on a single plan to be paid monthly in the employee's paycheck, to any employee who rejects the healthcare coverage provided by the City. To become eligible, the employee must demonstrate current coverage by other legitimate source(s).
(c) The healthcare program that the City offers to bargaining unit employees shall be available to other full-time employees.
(Ord. 32-94. Passed 12-15-94; Ord. 34-2002. Passed 12-5-02; Ord. 18-2014. Passed 11-20-14; Ord. 09-2016. Passed 11-17-16; Ord. 07-2021. Passed 4-1-21.)