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ORDINANCE NO. 2014-10 Page 9 153.12 HOSPITALIZATION AND MEDICAL COVERAGE. (a) The Municipality will maintain the current level of inedical, dental and prescription drug benefits as long as the total annual premium cost does not exceed the amounts listed below. If the annual premium cost exceeds these amounts, the Employer may adjust the level of plan benefits to a plan whose annual premium cost most closely approximates the amounts listed below. 2010 2014 2015 2016 Type of Coverage Base Year Maximum Maximum iVlaximum Medical & Prescription Family $19,708.44 $21,355.48 $23,063.92 $24,678.39 Medical & Prescription Employee and Spouse $14,295.60 $16,301.80 $17,605.94 $18,838.36 Medical & Prescription Employee and Child $12,073.68 $15,178.84 $16,393.15 $17,540.67 Medical & Prescription Single $5,989.68 $8,125.16 $8,775.17 $9,389.43 Dental Family $1,277.88 $1,275.96 $1,378.04 $1,474.50 Dental Employee and Spouse $757.56 $681.24 $735.74 $787.24 Dental Employee and Child $847.68 $833.40 $900.07 $963.08 Dental Single $374.52 $357.12 $385.69 $412.69 (b) Permanent full-time employees of the Municipality not presently insured and new permanent full-time employees of the Municipality may join the plan at such intervals as may be authorized by the Municipality's medical insurance carrier, subject to the approval of the Mayor and Finance Director. (c) Any permanent full-time employee, who is eligible to be covered under a contract of hospitalization and medical coverage but voluntarily withdraws from coverage, shall be paid Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per month in lieu of family coverage and One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month in lieu of single coverage. These payments shall be made in equal quarterly installments. These payments will not be made to any person who is otherwise covered under the Employer's policy through a spouse or other family member. If an employee is eligible under the terms of this paragraph but has worked less than one full year, the benefit described herein will be prorated on a monthly basis beginning the first month in which the employee would have received the benefit under the plan provided by the Municipality. (d) The Municipality will establish a"Health Care Task Force" comprised of appropriate representatives of the administration and employees, including representatives of the F.O.P., the Fire Union and representatives from each department. The Task Force will be