2008-19 RESOLUTION NO. 2008-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND
TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, ELECTING TO BE SUBJECT TO PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES'. MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ACT ONLY WITH
RESPECT TO MEMBERS OF A SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION
AND FIXING THE EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION FOR EMPLOYEES
-AND THE EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION FOR ANNUITANTS AT
DIFFERENT AMOUNTS
WHEREAS,(1)Government Code Section 22922(b)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, (2) Government Code Section 22892 (c) 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, Q) The City of Grand Terrace, 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 the members of The City of Grand
Terrace, Child Care Center,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, (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/her enrollment,in a health benefits plan or plans up to a maximum
of the amount specified in G.C. Section 22892 plus administrative fees and Contingency Reserve fund
assessments; 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
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Reserve Fund; and be it further
RESOLVED,(e)That the executive body appoint and direct,and it does hereby appoint and .
direct, Brenda Mesa, 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 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 February 1, 2009.
PASSED,APPROVED,AND ADOPTED this 18th day of November, 2008.
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace Mayor re
e City of Grand Terrace
Terrace and of the City Council thereof and ofity Council thereof
I BRENDA MESA,City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace,California,do hereby certify that
the foregoing resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Grand Terrace held on the 18th day of November, 2008 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Cortes, Miller and Buchanan; Mayor Pro Tem Garcia and Mayor
Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Approved as to form:
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