2004-062 Resolution - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

cycle, or sooner if all City bargaining units agree, an ernployee committee shall be formed and shalt meet for the purpose of creating a new or revised health care plan or plans for City employees. The committee shall consist of 14 employees who must be participants in one of tbe City's current health care plans and who have been selected from the following employee gcoups: 1 frorn Corrections, 1 from Dispatch, 2 from ClericaUTechnical, 2 from Service, 2 from Fire, 2 from Police, 2 from NOMBL, and 2 from non-bargaining unit employees. The employer shall provide two advisors or facilitators to assist the employee committee regarding hea.lth care issues. T'he committee shatl be required to review the City's current health care plans, including its plans for medical, dental and vision benef ts, and adopt new or revised plan or plans that aze competitive in the heatth care market arxi that will achieve the goals of promoting cost containment within the plan and minimizing premium contributions by employees. In fulfilling its mission, the committee shall consider office co-pays, prescription drug rates, deductibles, malcimum out-of-pockets, wellness programs and such other plan attributes and other related matters that will achieve the gaals set forth above. Within six (6) months following its first meeting, the committee shall vote upon proposed new or revised health care plan or plans that meet the goals set forth above. If a majority of all members of the committee approve such proposed new or revised plan or plans, then such plan or plans shall become the City's plan or plans, and the Employer shall be authorized and directed to implement the plan or plans. If the committee, however, fails within six months after its first meeting to approve a new or revised plan or plans, then the Employer shall be autharized to submit the matter to binding arbitration with an arbitrator selected by mutual agreement using the American Arbitration Association. The submittal shall instruct the Arbitrator to select from health care plans submitted and order the Employer to implement such new or revised health care plan or plans for all City employees that meets the goais set forth above. The committee shall meet thereafter at least every other year, commencing in the year 2006, when called upon by Employer to consider further and additional revisions to the City's plan or plans in order to meet the goals set fotth above. When meeting in such future years, the committee and the Employer shall continue to follaw the procedures set forth above for approving appropriate additional revisions to the City's health care plan or plans. In no event shall the Employer implement a new or revised health care plan or plans, pursuant to either committee approval or arbitration order, earlier than January l, 2005. When the Employer implements a new or revised health care plan or plans, either pursuant to either committee approval or as a result of an arbitrator's order, the provisions of Sactions 24A1 through 24.08 of this Article shall, to the extent that they are inconsistent or in conflict with the new or revised plan or plans approved or ordered, no longer be binding upon the Employer. In the event that the City and other bargaining units fail to agree to the establishment of the Employee Health Care Committee set forth above, the Employer and AFSCME, OHIO COUNCIL 8, LOCAL 3517 shall meet to negotiate new Health Care provisions. Should the City and AFSCME, OHIO COLTNCIL 8, LOCAL 3517 not come to mutual agreement, the issue of Health care coverage shall be submitted to binding conciliation under the O. R. C. 4117. ARTICLE 25 HOLIDAYS Section 25.01 All full-time employees of the Transit Department shall be entitled to twelve 24