HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 99-036RESOLUTION NO. 99-36
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF 'rag 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 FIXINGTHE 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, Government Code Section 53208.5(b) prohibits any member of
a legislative body whose service first commences on and after January 1, 1995,
from receiving health and welfare benefits greater than the most generous
schedule of benefits being received by and category of nonsafety employees; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 53201(c)(2) prohibits a local agency
that did not provide benefits to former elective members of a legislative body
before January 1, 1994, from providing benefits after January 1, 1994, unless the
members participate on a self -pay basis; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 53201 (c)(1) provides that a
legislative body that provided benefits to former elected members shall not provide
benefits to any person first elected to a term of office that begins on or after
January 1, 1995, unless the member participate on a self -pay basis or was fully
vested prior to January 1, 1995; and
WHEREAS, The Public Agency desires to obtain for the members of City
Council, 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 ma.dmum of $16.00 per month 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 b-half 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 July 1, 1999.
PASSED, APPROVED, and .ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Palm Desert held on this la day of May, 1999, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ST:
Benson, Crites, Kelly, Spiegel
Ferguson
None
None
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SHEILA R. CeiLLIG I ITY CLERK
CITY OF PALM DES