CC RES 1997-041RESOLUTION NO. 97-41
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES ELECTING TO BE SUBJECT TO PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES' MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ACT ONLY WITH
RESPECT TO MEMBERS OF A SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATION FIXING THE EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION FOR
EMPLOYEES AND THE EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION FOR
ANNUITANTS AT DIFFERENT AMOUNTS
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, Government Code Section 22754 (g) defines any Special District as
a contracting agency, and
WHEREAS, 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 retired employees and survivors at different amounts
provided that the monthly contribution for retired employees and survivors 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, A Special District is hereby defined as a non - profit, self - governed
public agency within the State of California, and comprised solely of public employees
performing a governmental rather than proprietary function, and
WHEREAS, City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereinafter referred to as Special
District is an entity meeting the above definition; and
WHEREAS, The Special District desires to obtain for the members of City
Council, who are active and retired employees 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, That the Special District elect, and it does hereby elect, to be
subject to the provisions of the Act; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the employer's contribution for each employee shall be the
amount necessary to pay the full cost of the his enrollment, including the enrollment of
his family members in a health benefits plan up to a maximum of $16.00 per month; and
be it further it further
RESOLVED, That the employer's contribution of each retired employee or
survivor 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, That the employer's contribution for each retired employee or
survivor 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 active and retired employees and survivors shall
be in addition to those amounts contributed by the Special District for administrative
fees and to the Contingency Reserve Fund; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the executive body appoint and direct, and does hereby
appoint and direct, the City Manager 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 Special District all functions required of it under the Act and
Regulations of the Board of Administration; and be it further
RESOLVED, That coverage under the Act be effective on July 1, 1997.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of May, 1997.
ATTEST: Mayor UU City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles )ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Jo Purcell, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that
the above Resolution No. 97 -41 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the
said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on May 20, 1997.
City Clerk
C of Rancho Palos Verdes