SR-603-004 (2)
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council Meeting:
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July 7, 1987
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TO:
Mayor and City Council
FROM:
city staff
SUBJECT:
Resolution Electing to Be Subject to Public Employees'
Medical and Hospital Care Act Only With Respect to
Members of the Santa Monica Police Officers \
Association
INTRODUCTION
This report requests that Council adopt the attached Resolution
electing to be subj ect to the public Employees I Medical and
Hospital Care Act with respect to the members of the Santa Monica
Police Officers' Association (SMPOA).
BACKGROUND
On June 23, 1987, the city council adopted a resolution
authorizing the City Manager to execute a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) between the City and the SMPOA. One of the
articles within the newly approved MOU provided that the City
would contract with the Public Employees' Retirement System
(FERS) to offer the PERS health program to SMPOA members. PERS
requires that in order to offer the PERS heal th program, the
contracting agency must adopt a resolution specifically electing
to be covered by the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care
Act. This resolution must be filed with PERS by the loth of the
month for an effective date of the 1st of the following month.
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It is intended th~the PERS health program ~ome available to
SMPOA members effective August 1, 1987.
RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that Council adopt the attached Resolution
electing to be subject to the Public Employees I Medical and
Hospital Care Act with regard to the members of the Santa Monica
Police Officers' Association.
Prepared By: Sharon Skeels
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RESOLUTION NO. 7461(CCS)
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ELECTING TO BE SUBJECT TO
PUBLIC EMPLOYEEsr MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ACT
ONLY WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS OF THE
SANTA MONICA POLICE OFFICERSr ASSOCIATION
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 ("Acttt) with respect to a recognized employee organization
only: and
WHEREAS, the city of Santa Monica ("city") is a local
agency contracting with the Public Employees' Retirement System:
and
WHEREAS, the Santa Monica Police Officers' Association
(nSMPOA") has been recognized by the city as an employee
organization representing personnel employed in the Santa Monica
Police Department: and
WHEREAS, city desires to obtain for employees and
annuitants of the City represented by the SMPOA the benefit of
the Act and to accept the liabilities and obligations of an
employer under the Act and its implementing regulations,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
section 1. The City hereby elects to be subject to the
provisions of the Act for employees and annuitants represented by
the SMPOl).
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Section 2. The City r s contribution for each employee
who is a member of, and each annuitant who retired from
employment as a member of the Santa Monica Police Officers I
Association, shall be $16.00 per month. This contribution shall
be in addition to those amounts contributed by the City for
administrative fees and to the Contingency Reserve Fund.
section 3. The city Manager is directed to file with
the Board of Admihistration of the Public Employees' Retirement
System a copy of this Resolution, and to perform all necessary
activities on behalf of the City to carry out the intent of this
Resolution.
section 4. It is the city's intention that the coverage
provided for by the Act become effective August 1, 1987.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall
be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. ~ERS
City Attorney
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Adopted and
Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 746l(CCS}
was duly adopted by the
ty Council of the city of Santa Monica
at a meeting thereof held on July 7, 1987 by the following
council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Finkel, Jennings, A. Ka tz , Reed,
Zane, Mayor Conn
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmember,s: H. Katz
ATTEST:
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Clerk
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