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competitive in the health care market and that wili achieve the goals of promoting cost confiainment <br />within the plan and minimizing premium contributions by employees. <br />In fulfilling its mission, the commifitee shall consider office co-pays, prescription drug rates, <br />deductibles, maximum out-of-pockets, wellness programs and such other plan attributes and other <br />related matters that will achieve the goals set forth above. <br />Within six (6) months following its first meeting, the committee shall vate upon praposed new <br />or revised health care plan or plans that meet the goals set forth above. If a majority of all members <br />of the committee approve such proposed new or revisad plan or plans, then such plan or plans shall <br />become the City's plan or pfans, and the Employer shall be authorized and direc4ed to implement the <br />plan or plans. <br />If the committee, however, fails within six months after its firsfi meeting to approve a new or <br />revised plan or plans, then fhe Employer shall be autharized to submit the matter to binding <br />arbitration with an arbitratar selected by mufiual agreement using tne American Arbitration <br />Association. The submittal shall instruct the Arbitrator to select from health care plans submitted and <br />order the Employer to implement such new or revised health care plan or plans for all City empfoyees <br />that meets the goals set forth above. <br />The committee shall meet thereafter at least every other year, commenctng in the year 2006, <br />when called upon by Employer to consider further and additional revisions to the City's plan or plans <br />in order to meet the goals set forth above. When meeting in such fu#ure years, the committee and <br />the Empioyer shall continue to fo!!ow the procedures set forth above for approving appropriate <br />additional revisions to the City's health care plan or plans. <br />ln no event shall the Employer implement a new or revised hea(th care plan ar plans, pursuant <br />to either committee approval or arbitration order, ear(ier than January 1, 2005. When the Employer <br />implements a new or revised health care plan or plans, either pursuant to either committee approval <br />or as a resu{t of an arbitrator's order, the provisions of Sections 25.01 through 25.08 of this Article <br />sha!(, fo the extent that they are inconsistent or in conflict with the new or revised plan or plans <br />approved or ordered, no longer be binding upon the Employer. <br />29