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1 RESOLUTION NO. 7799
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3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON APPROVING THE CONTINUED PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS
4 FOR MEDICAL -DENTAL INSURANCE FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES
5 OF RETIRED EMPLOYEES DURING THE 2001-2002 FISCAL
YEAR
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7 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon in prior
8 fiscal years has approved for each fiscal year the City's payment of
9 premiums for medical -dental insurance for service -retired employees who
10 are at least sixty (60) years of age and who have continuously served
11 for twenty (20) years; and
12 WHEREAS, the Finance Committee of the City of Vernon on
13 June 7, 2001, approved a recommendation applicable for the fiscal year
14 2001-2002 only, which provides that (i) all full-time regular employees
15 with at least thirty (30) years of continuous service who retire before
16 the age of sixty (60) will be permitted to pay their health insurance
17 premium for the City's medical -dental insurance program, and, upon
18 their reaching the age of sixty (60), the City will pay the premiums
19 for said medical -dental insurance for said retired employee only and
20 not for dependents, if any, up to the age of sixty-five (65); (ii) the
21 City shall pay the insurance premium for all full-time regular
22 employees who have a minimum of twenty (20) years of continuous service
23 who retire at the age of sixty (60) or later; and (iii) upon retired
24 employees reaching sixty-five (65) years of age, the City will continue
25 to pay the insurance premium to provide for medical -dental insurance as
26 supplemental only to Medicare as the City will not be the primary
27 insurance carrier once the employee reaches the age of sixty-five (65);
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon wishes to
adopt its policy applicable for the fiscal year 2001-2002 only
respecting payment of premiums for the City's medical -dental insurance
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for certain categories of retired employees and to declare that such
benefits are not vested rights and will expire at the conclusion of the
fiscal year unless authorized and approved by the City Council for the
next fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon does
hereby find and determine that the recitals contained hereinabove are
true and correct.
SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
adopts the following policy for the 2001-2002 fiscal year and declares
that such benefits are not vested rights and are approved for this
fiscal year only:
A. The City will pay the insurance premium for the City's
medical -dental insurance program for all full-time
regular employees, with at least twenty (20) years of
continuous uninterrupted service who retire at age
sixty (60) or later, excluding dependents, if any, and
the City shall continue to pay said premium for said
retired employee up to the age of sixty-five (65).
B. All full-time regular employees with at least thirty
(30) years of continuous service who retire before the
age of sixty (60) years will be permitted to pay their
health insurance premium for the City's medical -dental
insurance program, and, upon reaching the age of sixty
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(60), the City will pay the insurance premium for said
medical -dental insurance for said retired employee
only and not for dependents, if any, up to the age of
sixty-five (65).
C. For retired employees who receive medical -dental
insurance benefits pursuant to A and B above and who
reach the age of sixty-five (65), the City will pay
the premium to provide for medical -dental insurance as
supplemental insurance only to Medicare because the
City will not be the primary insurance carrier once
the employee reaches the age of sixty-five (65).
D. All retired employees may pay the premiums for
medical -dental insurance up to the age of sixty-five
(65) after which Medicare will become the primary
insurance carrier and further may purchase
supplemental insurance to Medicare thereafter.
SECTION 3: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
certify to the passage of this resolution and thereupon and thereafter
the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of June, 2001.
ATTEST:
BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
LEONIS C. MAL RG, Mayo
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No.
7799, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at an
adjournedregular meeting of the City Council duly held on Wednesday,
June 27, 2001, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the City
of Vernon.
(SEAL)
BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTS
CITY COUNCIL
LEONIS C. MALBURG
Mayor
THOMAS A. YBARRA
Mayor Pro-Tem
WM. 'BILL" DAVIS
Councilman
H. "LARRY" GONZALES
Councilman
W. MICHAEL MCCORMICK
Councilman
BRUCE V. MALKENHORST
City Administrator / City Clerk
FAX (323) 581-7924
CITY HALL
4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 90058
TELEPHONE (323) 583-8811
EDUARDO OLIVO
City Attorney
FAX: (562) 927-8722
KEVIN WILSON
Director of Community Services & Water
FAX: (323) 588-2761
KENNETH J. DeDARIO
Director of Municipal Utilities
FAX: (323) 583-1983
STEVEN E. PARKER
Fire Chief
FAX: (323) 581-1385
BRUCE W. OLSON
Police Chief
FAX: (323) 583-5236
June 6, 2001
Finance Committee
City of Vernon
Honorable Members:
As part of the proposed budget for the 2001-2002 fiscal year, it
is hereby recommended that the City continue to pay the
medical/dental and life insurance premium for all full-time
regular miscellaneous employees, all management employees
including Police Lieutenants, all Fire Department employees,
Group II employees of the Police Department, and dependents of
said employees.
Very truly yours,
Bruce V. Malkenhorst
Director of Finance
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