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RESOLUTION NO. ____________
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BURBANK AMENDING AND RESTATING BENEFITS
PROVIDED TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND
REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 20-29,202
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK FINDS:
A. Through the years the City Council has adopted and amended various resolutions pertaining to City Council benefits.
B. The purpose of this Resolution is to restate and reauthorize all benefits offered to Council Members and increase the amounts payable for medical insurance.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK RESOLVES:
1. The following benefits are provided for Members of the City Council.
a. PERS MEMBER CONTRIBUTION.
City Council Members who elect to enroll in the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) and are identified by PERS as Classic Members pay the full 8% member (employee) contribution. City Council Members who elect to enroll in PERS and are identified by PERS as New Members pay, as their full member contribution, half of the normal cost of the PERS pension as specified by the Public Employee Pension Reform Act (PEPRA), which is currently 6.5% and may be revised by PERS. Any increase or decrease in the New Members’ contribution will automatically take effect without further action by the City Council. b. COST SHARING
Classic Members will pay half of their respective pension’s normal cost, as determined annually by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System CalPERS Actuarial Valuation Report, with a total employee contribution cap of 9.14%. As of Fiscal Year 2019-2020, the normal cost of Classic miscellaneous employee pensions is 9.14%.
Through Resolution 20- 29,176, adopted on September 15, 2020, C ity Council CalPERS Classic Members and the City of Burbank agree that effective the pay period following completion of the CalPERS contract amendment, each Classic CalPERS City Council Member shall contribute an amount equal to 1.14% of compensation earnable towards the employer PERS contribution, which is separate from, and in addition to the required 8% CalPERS member contribution described in Section 1.A. of this resolution, for a total contribution of 9.14%
c. EMPLOYER PAID MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS (EPMC)
EPMC are defined as contributions designated as employee contributions that are paid by the City of Burbank to PERS. The City of Burbank does not contribute
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EPMC to PERS on behalf of City Council Members.
d. MEDICAL INSURANCE
The City will contribute the statutory minimum health premium contribution for active and retired City Council Members under the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA).
Effective the beginning of the pay period containing December 1, 2023, the City will adjust the base “up to” cafeteria plan amounts for each active City Council Member as shown below. The PEMHCA statutory minimum health premium contribution is included in the base “up to” cafeteria plan amount provided to each active City Council Member.
PLAN OPTION BASE “UP TO”
CAFETERIA PLAN
AMOUNT
Waive Medical Coverage $0
One Party Up to $703.75 (no change)
Two Party Up to $1,390
Family Up to $1,805
Effective the beginning of the pay period containing December 1, 2024, the City will adjust the base “up to” cafeteria plan amounts for each active City Council Member as shown below. The PEMHCA statutory minimum health premium contribution is included in the base “up to” cafeteria plan amount provided to each active City Council Member.
PLAN OPTION BASE “UP TO”
CAFETERIA PLAN
AMOUNT
Waive Medical Coverage $0
One Party Up to $730
Two Party Up to $1,459
Family Up to $1,895
“Up to” in the charts above indicates that if the cost of the option in the medical plan selected by an active Council Member is equal to or less than the amount stated in the charts for the corresponding plan option, the Council Member will receive an amount equal to the premium; if the cost of the option in the medical plan selected by a Council Member is more than the stated amount in the charts for the corresponding plan option, the Council Member will receive an amount equal to the amount in the chart.
e. VISION AND DENTAL PLANS
A vision plan will be provided to each Council Member. Dependent coverage for the vision plan is voluntary and will be paid for by the Council Members.
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Each Council Member will be automatically enrolled in a dental plan, which includes dependent coverage, if applicable.
f. LIFE INSURANCE
A life insurance policy of $100,000 will be provided to each Council Member at no cost. In addition, an Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) policy of $102,000 will be provided to each Council Member at no cost through the City’s insurance vendor and a City self-funded AD&D policy of $50,000 will also be available at no cost to the Council Member.
g. EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
An Employee Assistance Program will be provided to each Council Member at no cost.
h. RETIREE HEALTH SAVINGS
The City will make a $100.00 per month contribution into an RHS account for each Council Member.
i. BURBANK EMPLOYEES’ RETIREE MEDICAL TRUST (BERMT)
The City will contribute $50.00 per pay period to BERMT on behalf of each Council Member who is eligible for BERMT under BERMT requirements. Currently to be eligible to participate in BERMT, the Council Member must be enrolled in PERS.
j. 457 MATCHING CONTRIBUTION
The City will match each Council Member contribution to the Council Member’s 457 Deferred Compensation Account in an amount not to exceed $100.00 per month.
k. WELLNESS
The City will provide up to $1000.00 per fiscal year to each Council Member to reimburse costs associated with participation in a Wellness Program or a supervis ed health promoting activity. Health promoting activity includes qualified sports clubs or gyms (including extended contracts), lessons, fitness enhancing physical activities, body scans, home exercise equipment (not applicable to golf equipment), comprehensive physical not reimbursed by personal medical coverage, and other non- covered or non-reimbursable medical costs, but shall not mean in any case the purchase of personal property such as athletic clothing or shoes (roller blades are acceptable). Exercis e videos, except golf videos, will also be eligible for reimbursement.
l. TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE
Effective June 30, 2019, the City began providing a transportation allowance of $250 per month to each Council Member.
2. The Financial Services Director is authorized to make such revisions, changes in summaries, fund amounts, totals, and grand totals of the Annual Budget, and other budget documents as deemed necessary or prudent to reflect and implement the terms and provisions of the MOU as amended.
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3. The City Manager, or his/her designee, is authorized to execute the MOU on behalf of the City, to enter into any agreement necessary to implement the benefit provisions of the MOU, and to enter into any non-financial amendments (“side letters”) to the MOU.
PASSED and ADOPTED this ____ day of September, 2023.
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Konstantine Anthony
Mayor
Approved as to Form:
Attest: Office of the City Attorney
_________________________ By: _______________________ Kimberley Clark, City Clerk Joseph H. McDougall City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF BURBANK )
I, Kimberley Clark, City Clerk of the City of Burbank, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by a vote of the Council of the City of Burbank at its regular meeting held on the ___ day of September, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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Kimberley Clark, City Clerk