R2023-77 Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Modifications to the Collective Bargaining Agreement Regarding Pay, Benefits, and Work Conditions Between the Decatur Police Benevolent and Protective

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Section 7. The Employee and Union both agree that the failure of the City to not provide health insurance to an employee who elects to opt out shall not constitute a violation of the collective bargaining agreement. Employees covered under the Police contract shall be allowed to opt out of or elect not to participate in the City's health insurance plan. Employees making such election shall be required to show proof of health insurance coverage through another source to the City. Such proof of insurance must be submitted at the time the employee makes such an election. If an employee is unable to provide adequate proof of insurance the employee shall not be removed from Employer's insurance plan. An employee electing to opt out of the Employer's health insurance plan shall be allowed to subsequently enroll in the Employer's health insurance plan only upon a COBRA qualifying event. Employees opting out of the City's health insurance plan and who are not enrolled in the City's health insurance plan at the time of retirement, resignation, termination or separation for any other reason shall not be eligible for benefits under the City's health insurance plan and specifically waive any right to them. The terms of the health insurance summary plan description notwithstanding, any employee represented by the Collective Bargaining Agreement whose spouse is also an employee represented by the Collective Bargaining Agreement may elect at annual plan renewal to opt out as a subscriber in favor of being covered as a dependent under the other employee's family coverage. Any such employee covered as a dependent under the spouse's family coverage may elect at annual plan renewal to resume coverage as a subscriber under the City's insurance plan and be dropped as a dependent under the spouse's coverage. Section 8. Periodically the Employer may offer an employee `health fair"with attendance at such fair, when offered, encouraged for all on-duty employees and voluntary for off-duty personnel. Employees who attend the health fair off-duty shall be compensated at the rate of two hours at the employee's regular straight time hourly rate of pay for such attendance for the duration of the fair. Reasonable attempts will be made to accommodate an on-duty officer's desire to attend the fair. Section 9. In the interests of retaining senior officers longer, all active and currently employed officers covered by this agreement as of September 1, 2022, who are or become eligible for a Decatur Police Pension (including service years transferred into the Decatur Police Pension from another agency), and who have first completed twenty-three (23)years of pensionable police service,by or after September 1, 2022 (including service years transferred into the Decatur Police Pension from another agency), shall during the period from September 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026,be entitled to receive, through deposit into the employee's Retirement Health Savings account, an amount equal to eighty-percent(80%) of the amount of the employee-only premium the city would have otherwise paid(or charged to the employee) had he/she continued on the city's insurance plan after termination or retirement. Contributions made to an employee's Retirement Health Savings account as provided herein shall only be earned and paid out for continued active-duty service between September 1, 2022 and December 31, 2026, and shall be paid on the employee's anniversary date at the end of the 24th and 28