HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-OR-74 (Repealed by 2024-OR-20)Ordinance No. 2004-OR-74
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING
ORDINANCE NO. 04-OR-39 (An Ordinance Replacing Ordinance Nos.
93-OR-66, 97-OR-46 and 2000-OR,47) 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.04-OR-39, 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 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provisions of Ordinance No. 04-OR-39 are hereby repealed and replaced,
effective J.anuary 1, 2005, with the following:
'SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS
1;1 City shall mean the incorporated City of JeffersonviIle, Indiana.
1.2 Retired City Employee shall mean a City employee who:
1.3
a)
b)
leaves employment with the City after June 30, 1986; and
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 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.
City Insurance shall mean individual or family group medical insurance
benefits made available by the City to all full-time City employees.
1.4
Surviving Spouse shall mean a Retired City Employee's spouse who has
paid the amount the Retired City Employee would have been required to
pay for City Insurance coverage and:
a) is not eligible for Medicare; and
b)
has not survived his/her City Employee spouse for more
than 2 years; and
c) has not remarried.
SECTION 2 - BENEFITS
2.1
2.2
Until a Retired City Employee or Surviving Spouse is eligible for Medicare
coverage, the City shall pay sixty percent (60%) of the Retired City
Employee's or Surviving Spouse's City Insurance premium if the Retired
City Employee or Surviving Spouse elects family or single coverage
benefits. When a Retired City Employee or Surviving Spouse becomes
eligible for Medicare coverage, the Retired City Employee's or Surviving
Spouse's eligibility for participation in the City Insurance shall
automatically terminate.
The Retired City Employee or Surviving Spouse shall be responsible for
payment of any balance of his/her monthly City Insurance premium. The
City Insurance premium shall be established by the Personnel Department
each year within thirty (30) days of the renewal of the City Insurance.
SECTION 3 - PAYMENTS
3.1
3.2.1
3.3
If a Retired City Employee or Surviving Spouse receives retirement
benefits directly from the City, the Retired City Employee's or Surviving
Spouse's portion of the monthly City Insurance premium may be deduc[ed
from the Retired City Employee's or Surviving Spouse's retirement benefit
check by payroll deduction.
If a Retired City Employee or Surviving Spouse receives benefits under
the Indiana Public Employee's Retirement Fund (PERF) or any other
public retirement fund, it shall be the duty of the Retired City Employee or
Surviving Spouse to forward his/her portion of the monthly City Insurance
premium directly to the Clerk-Treasurer of the City of Jeffersonville on or
before the 1st day of each month.
If a Retired City Employee or Surviving Spouse faits to deliver to the Clerk-
Treasurer the Rebred C~ty Employee s or Surv~wng Spopse s porbon o~
· sT ve
the monthly City InSurance premium on or before the I day of e ry
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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 [~,OD ~ ~
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Robert L. Waiz, Jr./
Presiding Officer
ATTEST:
Pe~,gy' ~V_~k5 v
Clerk and Treasurer
Presented by me as Clerk and
Jeffersonville this \t day of '-~OU,<-
Treasurer to the Mayor of said City of
,2004.
Peggy Wilde~ut'-)
Clerk and Treasurer
This Ordinance approved and signed by me th/iS__/
Robe aiz,
Z Mayor
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