HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2017-162RESOLUTION NO. 2017-162
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL APPROVING SIDE LETTER
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF LODI AND AFSCME GENERAL
SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE & OPERATORS UNITS REGARDING A
ONE-TIME, NON-PERSABLE PAYMENT TO PARTIALLY OFFSET
INCREASED MEDICAL PREMIUMS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN ONE OF THE CITY'S MEDICAL PLANS
WHEREAS, Council approved revisions to the Memorandums of Understanding with
AFSCME General Services and Maintenance and Operators units, January 1, 2015 through
December 31, 2017, which included a re -opener provision to discuss increased costs to health
care in calendar years 2016 and 2017; and
WHEREAS, representatives from the City and AFSCME reached a tentative agreement
for a one-time payment that will partially offset the increased costs to the medical premiums for
calendar year 2017; and
WHEREAS, this one-time payment does not affect the maximum amount the City will
contribute towards medical premiums; and
WHEREAS, employees who waive or opt -out of the City's medical insurance will not be
eligible for this one-time payment; and
WHEREAS, eligible employees must have been hired by the City on or before
January 1, 2017, and must be an active employee at the time the City Council approves this
Resolution; and
WHEREAS, the one-time payment will be processed in a lump -sum manner along with a
regularly -scheduled pay check within two pay periods of the approval; and
WHEREAS, the one-time payment with an estimated total cost of $8,000, will be based
on the employee's medical tier that was in place as of July 20, 2017, as follows:
Employee Only $34.50
Employee Plus One $69.00
Employee Plus Family $89.70
WHEREAS, the City desires to provide the same one-time payment to unrepresented
Confidential Employees who are extended similar benefits as the represented members within
AFSCME.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby approve
side -letter agreements with the AFSCME General Services and Maintenance & Operators units
to provide a one-time, non-PERSable, lump -sum payment to partially offset increased medical
insurance premiums for calendar year 2017, and extend the same one-time payment to
unrepresented Confidential Employees who are extended similar benefits, at a total estimated
cost of $8,000.
Date: August 16, 2017
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2017-162 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City
Council in a regular meeting held August 16, 2017, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Chandler, Johnson, Mounce, Nakanishi, and
Mayor Kuehne
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
NIFER . F2LOKLO
City Clerk
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