2014/05/21 Council Agenda Packet

15 Effective January 1, 2009, the City agrees to pay the 2009 monthly premium amount (Appendix A) of the LEOFF H alth and Welfare Trust plan for dependents. - • - -- -- , ! !, -' --=- dent premium increase from 2009 rates be the responsibility of the employee. may choose to enroll in the City's self insured medical plan or the health -1-A. The City agrees to offer the City's self-insured oc-and a health maintenance organizationGroup Health plan for dependents. As an option, the City agrees to allow dependents to choose the LEOFF Health and Welfare Trust plan 1. The City will pay the monthly premium cost toward the purchase of the City's self-insured basic/major medical program for employees and their dependents. [The parties are in dispute about what language should be placed into this portion of Article 12 in light of their December 18, 2013 interest arbitration award. The parties have agreed to resolve this dispute as set forth in the attached Arbitration Agreement. The parties will thereafter execute a Revised Collective Bargaining Agreement incorporating herein the language awarded under the terms of the attached Arbitration Agreement.) If the - _ - - - _e'"" _ __ - _ _ -'LEOFF Health and Welfare Trust plan 1 is elected, the employee shall pay the premium difference between the City's self-insured plan and the --- - _ __-••-- _ __ _ _ _ -•LEOFF Health and Welfare Trust plan 1. 3. DENTAL COVERAGE: The City will pay 100% of the monthly premium for the basic dental insurance plan offered through Washington Dental Service. Said dental insurance will be provided for all bargaining unit members and their dependents. Effective July 1, 2006 the annual maximum shall be increased to $2,000. 4. In lieu of the City's historical practice of making a modest contribution toward the purchase of a disability income insurance plan for LEOFF II employees, the City will, effective January 1, 2003, make a monthly contribution to the Premium Reimbursement Plan of the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters Employee Benefit Trust (the "Plan") on behalf of each employee. The monthly contribution will be the equivalent of one hour's pay for a First Class Fire Fighter at the then-applicable rate. By making such contributions, the City does not make any representations concerning the tax treatment of City contributions or of payments made by the Plan and relies on the Plan's representation that the Plan will properly withhold and report all such payments in accordance with applicable law, including for payments made to domestic partners. Further, the City does not agree to make any further contributions to the Plan for any other liability or claim beyond the monthly contributions described above. In the event of 18 15