HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 99-059RESOLUTION NO. 99-59
A RESOLUTION OF 'riih CITY COUNCIL OF 'iii.E, CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, ELECTING TO BE SUBJECT TO
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ACT
ONLY WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS OF A SPECIFIC
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION AND FIXENG THE EMPLOYER'S
CONTRIBUTION AT AN AMOUNT AT OR GREATER THAN
THAT PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 22825 OF THE
GOVERNMENT CODE.
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, the City of Palm Desert hereinafter referred to as "Public
Agency" is a local agency contracting with the Public Employees' Retirement
System; and
WHEREAS, the Public Agency desires to obtain for the members of the
General Membership, 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 by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, as follows:
1. That the Public Agency elects, and it does hereby elect, to be subject
to the provisions of the Act; and
2. That the employer's contribution for each employee or annuitant
shall be the amount necessary to pay the full cost of his/her
enrollment, including the enrollment of family members, in a health
benefits plan or plans up to a maximum of $16.00 with respect to
employees or annuitants enrolled for self alone, $16.00 for an
employee or annuitant enrolled for self and one family member, and
$16.00 for an employee or annuitant enrolled for self and two or
more family members plus administrative fees and Contingency
Reserve Fund Assessments; and
3. That the City Council 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 Public Agency all
functions required of it under the Act and Regulations of the Board
of Administration; and
4. That the coverage under the Act be effective on September 1, 1999.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Palm Desert held on this 24thday of June , 1999, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Benson, Crites, Ferguson, Kelly, Spiegel
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
SHEILA R.
CITY OF PALM DESE
ITY CLERK