HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2001-32RESOLUTION NO. 2001-32
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL ELECTING TO BE
SUBJECT TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL
CARE ACT FIXING THE EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION FOR
EMPLOYEES AND THE EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION FOR
ANNUITANTS AT DIFFERENT AMOUNTS
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WHEREAS, (1) Government Code Section 22850 provides the benefits of the Public
Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act to employees of local agencies contracting with the
Public Employees' Retirement System on proper application by a local agency; and
WHEREAS, (2) 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 annuitants at different amounts provided that the monthly contribution for
annuitants 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, (3) the City of Lodi, hereinafter referred to as Public Agency, is a local
agency contracting with the Public Employees' Retirement System; and
WHEREAS, (4) the Public Agency 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, (a) that the Public Agency elect, and it
does hereby elect, to be subject to the provisions of the Act; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED (b) 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 highest HMO
offered in California by CalPERS in 2001; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED (c) that the employer's contribution for each annuitant
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 $1.00 per month; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED (d) that the employer's contribution for each annuitant
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 employees and annuitants shall be in addition to those
amounts contributed by the Public Agency for administrative fees and to the Contingency
Reserve Fund; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED (e) that the executive body appoint and direct, and
does hereby appoint and direct, H. Dixon Flynn, City Manager of the City of Lodi, 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
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED (f) that coverage under the Act be effective on
March 1, 2001.
Dated: February 7, 2001
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2001-32 was passed and adopted by the Lodi
City Council in a regular meeting held February 7, 2001 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock, Howard, Land and Pennino
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS -- Mayor Nakanishi
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
SUSAN J. BLACKSTON
City Clerk
2001-32