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AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING
ORDINANCE NO. 93 -OR -66 ESTABLISHING
RETIREE'S HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR CITY
EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS, the City of Jeffersonville ( "the City") presently offers its full -
time employees healthcare insurance benefits during their employment with the
City; and
WHEREAS, in Ordinance No. 93- OR -66, the Common Council of the City
of Jeffersonville ("the Council ") previously established retirees' health insurance
benefits for City employees pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 5 -10 -8 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of I.C. 5 -10 -8 et seq. have been amended
since the Council adopted 93- OR -66; and
WHEREAS, the Council now wishes to update the provisions of the City
Ordinance establishing its retirees' health insurance benefits;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED by the Council that the
provisions of Ordinance No. 93 -OR -66 are hereby repealed and replaced,
effective September 1, 1997, with the following:
SECTION I — DEFINITIONS
1) City shall mean the incorporated City of Jeffersonville, Indiana.
2) Retired City Employee shall mean a City employee who:
a) leaves employment with the City after June 30, 1986; and
b) has completed twenty (20) years of full -time employment with a
public employer (as defined in I.C. 5- 10 -8 -1), ten (10) years of
which are completed immediately preceding the retirement date;
and
c) has reached the age of fifty -five (55) years on or before the
retirement date, but is not eligible on the retirement date for
Medicare coverage; and
d) files a written request with the Personnel Department requesting
retiree insurance benefits within ninety (90) days after the
retirement date or the enactment of this ordinance.
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• (f) files a written request to the insurance coordinator requesting to rec• e
retiree insurance benefits within 90 days after retirement or enacunent of
this ordinance; and
(g) who, if he or she has already ceased employment with the City, as
continued to receive City group insurance benefits, since retirement, with. ut
interruption.
3. City Insurance shall mean individual or family group health care insu : -
benefits made available by the City to a retired City employee, which shall be • e
same as one group insurance coverage available to all full -time City employee..
SECTION II - BENEFITS
1. During the lifetime of a retired City employee, the former employee shall •
eligible to receive up to Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per month, payable by e
City for benefit of the retired City employee, to only be applied to said employ =.'s
City insurance premium. However, if a retired City employee opts to recei e
individual coverage, rather than family coverage, the Employee shall be eligible to
receive a maximum benefit of only One hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month. T e
employee shall be responsible for payment of any balance of the monthly C ty
insurance premium.
2. A retired City employee who receives benefits under this ordinance shall re
required to disclose the availability of health insurance benefits to the employee if
the employee's spouse. Failure of the retired City employee to disclose is
information and to allow the City to verify this information shall make the retir - d
City employee ineligible to receive benefits under this ordinance.
3. A retired City employee who does not receive City insurance shall not be entitl •
to receive any other benefits under this ordinance.
SECTION III - PAYMENTS
1. If a retired City employee receives retirement benefits directly from the City, e
balance of any premium due for City insurance, over and above the portion p .�d
pursuant to Section II above, may be deducted from the employee's retire • t
benefit check by payroll deduction. If a retired City employee receives bene is
under the Indiana Public Employee's Retirement Fund (PERF) or any other pub is
retirement fund, it shall be the duty of the employee to forward the balance if
monthly premiums over and above the portion paid pursuant to Section II abo e,
directly to the Clerk- Treasurer of the City of Jeffersonville on or before the 1st d y
of each month.
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to the Clerk- Treasurer of the City of Jeffersonville on or before the 1 day of each
month.
3) If a Retired City Employee or Surviving Spouse fails to deliver to the Clerk -
Treasurer the Retired City Employee's or Surviving Spouse's portion of the
monthly City Insurance premium on or before the 1 day of every month, the
City may terminate the Retired City Employee's or Surviving Spouse's City
Insurance coverage after notice and a hearing before the Board of Public
Works and Safety ( "the Board "). in cases of hardship or upon good cause
shown, the Board, at its sole discretion, may allow a Retired City Employee or
Surviving Spouse to continue receiving City Insurance coverage if the Retired
City Employee or Surviving Spouse makes the delinquent payment in the
manner required by the Board.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and approval.
Passed this a day of See , 1 • •/. /
{ homas R. Ga iga c� '
Presiding Officer
ATTEST:
C. Richard Spencer, r
Clerk and Treasurer
Presented by me as Clerk and T easurer to the Mayor of said City of
Jeffersonville this Z day of • , 199/.
C, �1 ,
C. Richard Spence /Jr.
Clerk and Treasur-
This Ordinance approved and signed b me this _ day of
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