63-11 Repeal 149.13, Modify 149.14 & 149.41 - hospitalization

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der some other medical plan outside of the City. The cash payment in lieu of medical benefits for the year 2005 shall be seven hundred twen- ty dollars ($720.00). The Director of Finance shall annually review the cost of providing medical benefits to each employee and adjust the cash payment in lieu of medical benefits accordingly. In the event that an employee receives a cash payment in lieu of medi- cal benfits and in the same calendar year, due to a change in status, elects to enroll in any of the City's major medical plans, the employee will be required to reimburse the City a prorated amount based on the number of months of enrollment in the plan for that calendar year, (f) Such payment by the City shall be distributed among City funds ac- cording to the enrollment of each division participating in the City's employee hospitalization plan. Cost allocation shall be determined based on the number of employees in each division participating in the hospitalization plan. The total costs of hospitalization services shall be allocated according to the percent of enrollment each division repre- sents as compared to the total enrollment on the City's hospitalization plans. Where there is no provision in grant programs to pay for em- ployee hospitalization costs, the Director of Finance will allocate that cost to the funds based upon the total allocation of all other hospitaliza- tion costs. (g) The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to pay from City funds one-half of the actual premium rate of dental insurance coverage as may be established by the City for all annual salaried employees in- cluding Foremen Class A employees and the Chiefs of the Divisions of Police and Fire but excluding all other members of the Divisions of Po- lice and Fire and full- time permanent hourly employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement with the City.. shall be and hereby is amended to read as follows: 149.14 HOSPITALIZATION COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES. (a) For the purposes of this section, "eligible City employees" means em- ployees of Lakewood Municipal Court and the City of Lakewood who meet the eligibility criteria established by the City's heath and welfare lp ans, but excludes members of Council, part-time hourly employees, temporary employees, seasonal employees, school guards, °~~"-~li~rl~s inspec-te~~ and members of the Civil Service Commission. Medical benefits shall become effective for each eligible employee on the first day of the calendar month following the month in which the individual is hired. (b) The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to pay from City funds on behalf of each eli ible City employee who is t;°° "°-°°~°~~° °°~°°m°°' °°a ~~ "° ~° a participant in the City's pri- mary group hospitalization plan or dental plan as adopted by the City, the full or a portion of the monthly cost of said coverage, including claims costs and all administrative charges, for single or family cover- age basis as selected by the employee and as established by Cit~policv or an applicable collective bargaining_agreement.