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A little background:
And here are the
CLOSED and OPEN SESSION budget related activities scheduled for next Tuesday.
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JUNE 8. 2010, CERTAIN AGENDA ITEMS,
1. CLOSED SESSION – 1:00 p.m.
a. Conference with labor negotiators. The City designated representatives attending closed session are: James Starbird, Robert McFall, Yasmin Beers, Scott Howard, Matt Doyle, Robert Elliot, Steve Zurn, Ronald DePompa, and Harold Scoggins. The names of the employee organizations are the Glendale Police Officers Association, Glendale Firefighters Association, Glendale City Employees Association, and Glendale Management Association.
2. REGULAR BUSINESS AGENDA – 6:00 p.m.
8. ACTION ITEMS
a. Proposed Urgency Ordinance Amending the Supplemental
Benefits Ordinances for Certain Officers, Subordinate Officers, Assistants,
Deputies, Clerks & Employees of the City of
1. Urgency Ordinance for Introduction -
2. Urgency Ordinance for Introduction -
3. Urgency Ordinance for Introduction -
4. Urgency Ordinance for Introduction -
5. Urgency Ordinance for Introduction - Executives
6. Urgency Ordinance for Introduction - City Council
REPORT TO CITY
COUNCIL
Proposed urgency ordinance to amend the
Supplemental Benefits Ordinances for certain officers, subordinate officers,
assistants, deputies, clerks and employees of the City of
1. Urgency Ordinance for Introduction -
2. Urgency Ordinance for Introduction -
3. Urgency Ordinance for Introduction -
4. Urgency Ordinance for Introduction -
5. Urgency Ordinance for Introduction - Executives
6. Urgency Ordinance for Introduction - City Council
FISCAL IMPACT
The rate adjustments fall well within preliminary budget estimates. Thus, sufficient
appropriations are included in the 2009/10 and 2010/2011 budgets for the increased benefits costs to the agreed upon MOU provisions. The increased costs are $654,039 to the General Fund and $543,834 non-General Fund accounts. This action restores the employee contributions for GMA and GCEA employees, which had been temporarily suspended as per the respective MOU's. Should further negotiations result in increased employee contributions effective July 1, 2010, the above cost estimates will be further reduced.
BACKGROUND
These ordinances reflect necessary amendments to the Supplemental Benefits Ordinances to comply with the agreed upon provisions of the City's Memoranda of Understanding with its respective employee groups, effective June 1, 2010.
Each year, the City
experiences adjustments to the group health insurance rates charged by the
insurance carriers. For this year's renewal s, the overall composite rate is
approximately 9.8% covering all of the group health insurance plans. The specific increases for each of the medical
insurance carriers are as follows:
Blue Cross/Prudent Buyer (PPO): 11 .8%
Blue Cross/California Care (HMO): 12.8%
Kaiser (HMO): 3.8%
Cigna (HMO): 11.7%
The City and respective employee associations each share the burden of the costs and
potential increases in the medical premiums, in accordance with the provisions of the respective Memoranda of Understanding. For the GCEA and GFFA, the City and associations will each pay 50% of the June 1, 2010 increase. For the GPOA, the City pays 75%. For Management (GMA) and Executives, the City pays 90% of the increase. The new rates are reflected in Section 9.3 of the respective Benefits Ordinances (attached).
To see all 159 pages of this give away to the four
http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/government/council_packets/Reports_060810/CC_8a_060810.pdf