3509 ORDINANCE NO. 3509
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 3324 AND ITS AMENDMENTS TO AMEND SECTION 10.6 OF
THE CITY'S PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE
METHOD FOR PAYMENT OF PREMIUM OF THE CITY'S PAYMENT FOR THE
EMPLOYEES PORTION OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the C'~y Commission of the City of Sanford Florida
to amend Section 10.6 entitled Health Insurance of the existing Personnel Rules and
Regulations to clarify the method for payment of premium of the City's payment for the
employee portion of the coverage.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That the terms of Ordinance No. 3361 are hereby amended.
SECTION 2: That Ordinance No. 3361 be and the same is hereby amended to provide
that the revisions to the Personnel Rules and Regulations Section 10.6 attached hereto as
Exhibit "A" are incorporated herein by reference and are made part of this Ordinance as fully
and completely as though it was fully set forth herein.
SECTION 3: SEVERABILITY. If any section or portion of a section of this Ordinance
proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, it shall not be held to impair the validity,
force or effect of any other section or part of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4: CONFLICTS. That~all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby revoked.
SECTION 5: EFFECTIVE DATE. That this ordinance shall be applicable and effective
upon adoption for all employees of the City of Sanford and Retirees eligible for city-paid health
insurance.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this J~'7~Day of~7~//Z-~ A.D. 1999.
ATTEST:
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City of Sanford
CERTIFICATE
I, Janet R. Dougherty, City Clerk of the City of Sanford,
Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Ordinance No. 3509, PASSED and ADOPTED by the City
Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 27th day of
September, 1999, was POSTED at the front door of the City Hall in
the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 28th day of September, 1999.
Ordinance No. 3509
Page 2 of 2
10.6 HEALTH INSURANCE
After completing ninety (90) days service with the City of Sanford, regular full-time and
regular part-time employees are provided with City paid health insurance. Once the
application is submitted to r~ersonncl, Human Resources, the City pays the premium
for the e~,.ploye~ portion of the ~overege. employee portion of health insurance that
is equal to the premium of the least expensive plan option bebveen the Ci~'s HMO Plan
Option and the POS Plan Option. The selection by the employee of a plan option
requiring a higher premium payment that is different from the City's portion shall be
bomebytheemployee. Employeesdesiringinsurancecoveregefortheirdependents,
under the City's plan, may obtain such dependent coverege at their own expense.
However, coverage will not start until the first of the month following completion of
ninety (90) days employment.
(A) An employee will have met the criteria for eligibility for continuation of city-paid
health insurance at the time of retirement upon completion of twenty.five (25)
years service to the City of Sanford.
This will entitle the retiring employee to the same health insurance coverage as
is afforded regular employees at the same City and employee contribution rates
that may be in effect.
(B) Employees retiring for disability_ reasons and who meet the criteria for disability
retirement as prescribed by the Florida Retirement System (F.R.S.) or City
Retirement Plan, or who meet the criteria for disability retirement as prescribed
by the Police or Fire Pension Plan are eligible for continued City~paid health
insurance.
This will entitle the employee retiring for approved disability reasons to the
same health insurance coverage as is afforded regular employees at the same
employee contribution rate that may be in affect.
(C) Upon attainment of age sixty-five (65) all entitlement to City*paid health
insurance will cease,
Whenever a fretires becomes ineligible for continuation of City-paid health
insurance due to attainment of age sixty-five (65), he/she or his/her eligible
dependents may elect to continue this coverage at his/her own expense under
the provisions of existing "COBRA" Law,
(D) This policy became effective October 1, 199t and would be applicable to all
retirements occurring on or after that date,
Current retirees will remain eligible for City-paid health insurance as is afforded
regular employees at the same employee contribution rate that is in effect. The
discontinuation clause referred to in item (C) above is not applicable to
retirements occurring prior to October 1. 1991.