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RESOLUTION NO. 6539
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION
No. 5608 RELATED TO LONGEVITY PAY AND RETIRED
HEALTH INSURANCE
WHEREAS, City Council Resolution No. 5608 sets forth various fringe
benefits and related compensation for officials, officers and management of the
City; and
WHEREAS, Section 36 of that Resolution provides for amendment and
modification of Resolution No. 5608 (the Fringe Benefits Resolution) by City
Council approved resolutions that direct inclusion of any changes as part of said
Resolution.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 6 of Resolution No. 5608 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
SECTION 6.
STABILITY PAYILONGEVITY PAY.
"a) Stabilitv Pav
This feature of the Pay Plan was intended to encourage stability of
employment by recognizing years of service with compensation. The plan pays
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$25 per year for each year of consecutive service up to a maximum of twenty (20)
years of service. Management Employees that were hired before July 1, 1982, and
have five (5) years of consecutive service are eligible for Stability Pay. All
Management Employees hired on or after July I, 1982 are not eligible for stability
pay. The following schedule is used to calculate Stability Pay:
Completed Years
of Service Amount
Completed Years
of Service
Amount
5 $125 13 $325
6 $150 14 $350
7 $175 15 $375
8 $200 16 $400
9 $225 17 $425
10 $250 18 $450
11 $275 19 $475
12 $300 20 $500
Cash stability payments are made once a year between December I and December
10 only to employees on the payroll as of December 1. Stability payments will be
paid on a pro-rata basis to those employees that retired or are laid off prior to
December I, provided they meet all eligibility requirements.
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b) LONGEVITY PAY
Effective December 1, 2006, a Longevity Pay benefit will be implemented
based on the following formula: .
Completed Years of Service
5-9 Years
10 - 14 Years
15 Years and beyond
Amount
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
Cash longevity payments are made once a year between December 1 and
December 10 only to employees on the payroll as. of December 1. There is no pro-
ration of this benefit. The foregoing amounts shall be subject to applicable payroll
deductions."
SECTION 2. Section 14, sub-section (a) of Resolution No. 5608 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"a) An Executive Management employee would be eligible for retiree
medical who retires on a service, disability, or industrial disability retirement under
the following fomlUla; credit for half of prior years of public service up to a
maximum of ten (10) years and five (5) continuous years of service with the City
of Arcadia. A Management or General City employee is eligible for retired health
benefits if he or she retires on a service, disability, or industrial disability
retirement and has 125 days of accumulated days of sick leave at the date of
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retirement. Payment will cease for the eligible retiree once the employee is
eligible for Medicare coverage. For employees retiring from the City on or after
the adoption of Resolution No. 6539, the City agrees to pay the health insurance
monthly premium cost for the spouse of an eligible City retiree. Payment will
cease for the spouse upon eligibility for Medicare coverage or after 15 years,
which ever occurs first. In order to be eligible for retiree health coverage, the
employee, and if applicable, the employee's spouse, must be enrolled in a City-
sponsored health plan as of the retiree's last day of work and maintain eligibility to
continue in the CalPERS Health Program as stipulated by the Health Program."
SECTION 3. Section 14, sub-section (b) of Resolution No. 5608 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"b) In the event an eligible retiree or spouse is unable to secure coverage
under the City's health insurance plan, the City agrees to reimburse the retiree for
the cost of alternative coverage up to the cost of the employee-only, or if
applicable, employee plus spouse health insurance monthly premium for CalPERS
PersCare. To obtain reimbursement from the City, the retiree must submit
sufficient proof to the City that he or she has obtained alternative coverage and has
made the necessary premium payments. The retiree shall also notify the City
immediately if such alternative coverage is cancelled or otherwise ceases. The
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retiree shall solely be responsible for obtaining and maintaining such alternative
coverage."
SECTION 4.
The Administrative Services Director shall include all
revisions to the Fringe Benefit Resolution No. 5608 that are made by this
Resolution No. 6539 and shall provide for the original to be kept in the Office of
the City Clerk with copies to all departments.
SECTION 5.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
Passed, approved and adopted this 7th
of November.:
,2006.
ATTEST:
ity Clerk of the City of Arcadia
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, JAMES H. BARROWS, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies
that the foregoing Resolution No. 6539 was passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 7th day of November, 2006 and that said
Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
A YES: Council Member Harbicht, Segal, Wuo and Chandler
NOES: Council Member Amundson
ABSENT: None
. Clerk of the City of Arcadia
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