CC - 1992-57 - Fixing Employer's Contribution for EmployessRESOLUTION NO. 92-57
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
ELECTING TO BE SUBJECT TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' MEDICAL AND
HOSPITAL CARE ACT ONLY WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS OF A
SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION AND FIXING THE EMPLOYER'S
CONTRIBUTION FOR EMPLOYEES AND THE EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION
FOR ANNUITANTS AT DIFFERENT AMOUNTS
WHEREAS,Government Code Section 22850.3 provides that a
contracting agency may elect upon proper application to participate
under the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act with
respect to a recognized employee organization only; and
WHEREAS,Government Code Section 22754(g) defines any Special
District as a contracting agency; and
WHEREAS,Government Code Section 22857 provides that a contracting
agency may fix the amount of the employer's contribution for
employees and the employer's contribution for retired employees and
survivors at different amounts provided that the monthly contribution
for retired employees and survivors shall be annually increased by an
amount not less than 5 percent of the monthly contribution for
employees, until such time as the amounts are equal; and
WHEREAS,a Special District is hereby defined as a non-profit,
self-governed public agency within the State of California, and
comprised solely,of public employees performing a governmental rather
than proprietary function; and
WHEREAS,the City of Rosemead, hereinafter referred to as Special
District is an entity meeting the above definition; and
WHEREAS,the Special District desires to obtain for its employees
and annuitants the benefit of the Act and to accept the liabilities
and obligations of an employer under the Act and Regulations; and
WHEREAS,the Special District desires to obtain for the members of
the Equitable Retirement System, who are employees and annuitants of
the agency, the benefit of the Act and to accept the liabilities and
obligations of an employer under the Act and Regulations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,.that the Special District elect, and
it does hereby elect, to be subject to the provisions of the Act; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the employer's contribution for each
employee shall be the amount necessary to pay the full cost of his
enrollment, including the enrollment of his family members in a
health benefits plan up to a maximum of the total premium per month;
and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the employer's contribution for each
retired employee or survivor shall be the amount necessary to pay the
cost of his enrollment, including the enrollment of his family
members, in a health benefits plan up to a maximum of $1 per month;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the employer's contribution for each
retired employee or survivor shall be increased annually by 5 percent
of the monthly contribution for employees, until such time as the
contributions are equal;
And that the contributions for active and retired employees and
survivors shall be in addition to those amounts contributed by the
Special District for administrative fees and to the Contingency
Reserved Fund; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the executive body appoint and
direct, and it does hereby appoint and direct, the City Clerk to file
with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement
System a verified copy of this Resolution, and to perform on behalf
of said Special District all functions required of it under the Act
and Regulations of the Board of Administration; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that coverage under the Act be effective
on January 1, 1993.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 24th day of November, 1992.
MAYOR
ATTEST.
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iT-Y-. CLERK.
/ I hereby,certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 92-57 was duly and regularly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Rosemead at a regular meeting thereof
held on'the 24th day of November, 1992, by the following vote:
Yes: Bruesch, Clark, Vasquez, McDonald
No: None
Absent: Taylor
Abstain: None
11TY CLERK