(a) Insurance premium payments for single and family plans will be made according to the following schedule though payroll deduction:
Employer Pays | Employee Pays | |
(1) June 1, 2011 | 89% | 11% |
January 1, 2012 | 88% | 12% |
(2) These rates will be in effect unless state laws change. | ||
(b) The Employer shall be able to change insurance carriers or self-insure providing that the benefits are comparable to existing benefits.
(c) City-wide Health Cost Containment Committee shall be established. The Committee shall consist of
• One (1) representative member and an alternate of each full-time Bargaining Unit which shall be appointed by the Bargaining Unit; and
• Two (2) representatives from the City Finance Department as appointed by the Mayor; and
• One (1) representative of City Council, as appointed by the Mayor; and
• Two (2) representatives serving as City Department Directors, as appointed by Mayor; and
• One (1) representative of City Administration, as appointed by the Mayor.
(d) Should any employee decline coverage for any reason, he will be paid two hundred twenty-five ($225.00) dollars per month as a return on premiums saved.
(e) The employer shall carry liability insurance coverage for employees operating within their scope of employment if such coverage is reasonably available.
(f) The City shall provide life insurance in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00).
(g) In addition to the regular compensation fixed from time to time by ordinance of Council, the Director of Public Service shall be paid, as additional compensation, the monthly premium to be paid to the designated health insurer. The additional compensation in the amount of the monthly premium shall be deducted from the total compensation due to the Director of Public Safety and remitted by the Director of Finance to the designated insurer; such employee shall sign necessary instruction, in writing, authorizing the aforesaid deductions and remittance.
(h) Effective with the first pay in May of 2002 and continuing thereafter, unless modified by this Council, the employee payroll deductions for the employees' portion of the City's Health Insurance Plan will be put on a "pre-tax" basis in accordance with the City's 125 Plan. (Ord. 2021-015. Passed 9-23-21.)