R-007-18 Electing to be Subject to the Public Employees Medical and Hospital Care Act at Unequal Amounts for Employees and Annuitants with respect to a Recognized Employee Organization

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RESOLUTION NO. R-07-18 ELECTING TO BE SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ACT AT UNEQUAL AMOUNTS FOR EMPLOYEES AND ANNUITANTS WITH RESPECT TO A RECOGNIZED EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION WHEREAS, (1) A contracting agency meeting the eligibility requirements set forth in Government Code Section 22920, may obtain health benefit plan(s), as defined under Government Code Section 22777, by submitting a resolution to the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (the "Board"), and upon approval of such resolution by the Board, become subject to the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (the "Act"); and WHEREAS, (2) City of Colton is a contracting agency eligible to be subject to the Act under Government Code Section 22920; and WHEREAS, (3) Government Code Section 22892(a) provides that a contracting agency subject to Act shall fix the amount of the employer contribution by resolution; and WHEREAS, (4) Government Code Section 22892(b) provides that the employer contribution shall be an equal amount for both employees and annuitants, but may not be less than the amount prescribed by Section 22892(b) of the Act; and WHEREAS, (5) Government Code Section 22892(c) provides that, notwithstanding Section 22892(b), a contracting agency may establish a lesser monthly employer contribution for annuitants than for employees, provided that the monthly employer contribution for annuitants is annually increased to equal an amount not less than the number of years the contracting agency has been subject to this subdivision multiplied by 5 percent of the current monthly employer contribution for employees, until such time as the amounts are equal; and WHEREAS, (6) City of Colton desires to obtain for its employees and annuitants who are members of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 47 Electric Division the benefit of the Act and to accept the liabilities and obligations of an employer under the Act; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, (a) City of Colton elects to be subject to the provisions of the Act; and be it further RESOLVED, (b) That the employer contribution for each employee 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 up to a maximum of the PEMHCA Minimum per month, and be it further RESOLVED, (c) That the employer contribution for each 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 up to a maximum of $1.00 per month, and be it further RESOLVED, (d) That the employer contribution for each annuitant shall be increased annually by NEW - BY GROUP, UNEQUAL, 1 FIXED (REV. 6/2017)