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Section'2. The City Manager's recommendation
is hereby
accepted and the City Manager is hereby authorized
to execute
"ARTICLE 17, GROUP INSURANCE", of the Collective
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Bargaining`
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Agreement between the City of Miami and the International
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Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO, Local. 887, for
the period
of.Ootober 1, 1993 through September 30, 1995, upon the terms and
conditions set forth in Article 17, attached,
which is
incorporated by reference into said Collective
Bargaining
Agreement.
Section 3. This Resolution does affect or change the terms
and conditions of the labor agreement ratified by this
Commission
on September 27, 1993, except as modified herein.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become
effective
immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th day March 1994.
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STEPHEN P. CLARK,
MAYOR
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MAT Y HIRAI, CITY CLERK
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
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ASSISTAN CI Y ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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CITY ATTOPAIAY
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ARTICLE 17
GROUP INSURANCE
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17.1 The City agrees to pay $5.26" per pay - period for the 4
cost of Iife Insurance coverage and accidental death and
dismemberment coverage as currently provided by the IAFF, Local
887,
17.2 Effective as soon as possible after ratification of
this Article, employee premiums shall be tax exempt under Section
126 of the IRS code. In the event this exemption Is eliminated
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in the ,IRS code during the I I f e of thus agreement, Article 17
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shall be reopened and the parties shall meet to negotiate any
changes necessitated by the foss of the tax exemption.
17.3 The City and the Union agree to expand and modify the
current self-insurance Indemnity health plan to a City self-
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Insured Point of Service plan and a City self -insured closed HMO
plan.
17.4 The pay period in which the payment of health
insurance premiums on a pre-tax basis is Implemented, employees
will contribute $18.00 per pay period toward the cost of employee
health coverage or $88.00 per pay period toward the cost of
family coverage, where the employee elects to take such coverage
for point of service plan.
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17.5 The pay period In which the payment of health
Insurance premiums on a pre-tax basis is implemented, employees -,
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shall: contribute $10.00 per pay period toward the cost of
employee health coverage or $50.00 per pay period toward the cost
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of family coverage, where the employee elects to take such
coverage for the closed HMO plan:
17:.6. Plan design and all plan benefits shall- be those
outlined within the employees benefits handbook and shall not be
changed without mutual agreement of the City and the Union.
17.7 As modifications to the current self Insurance
program will make the plan more efficient and reduce the total
cost of providing employee health care, the City agrees to share
the Projected savings by increasing the base wages of active
bargaining unit employees by two and one half (2.5%) percent
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effective the first full pay period following October 1, 1994.
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17.8 A standing committee will be created called the
Health Insurance Committee. It shall be made up of five (5)`
Clty of -Miami employees, one member appointed by the IAFF, one
member appointed by AFSCME, two members appointed by the City
Manager and one picked by mutual agreement of the IAFF, AFSCME
and the City Manager. The Group Benefits Administrator shall
serve as a technical advisor to the committee, but wiil not be a
member nor have a vote.
The committee shah meet monthly or as needed to
review employee complaints, suggestions, etc. The committee
shall have the authority by majority vote, to remedy situations
concerning claims, so long as the decision does not change the
current benefits. The committee may make recommendations on
benefit changes that would save the plans) money, to the City
and the Union for Immediate consideration of the parties.
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The committee Is intended to reduce the' need for the
grievance procedure and to suggest new ideas In providing a
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better and more efficient health
insurance system: The parties
agree; however, that employees
bringing complaints to the
committee shall be entitled to use
the grievance procedure, If the
committeel's remedy, If any, Is not
satisfactory to the employee.
ON BEHALF. OF THE
C`ITY`OF MIAMI
MIAMI, FLORIDA
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Cesar H. Odio
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City Manager
ON BEHALF OF IAFF
LOCAL.587
Date
WIIIIam Bryson
President
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM 22
Honorable Mayor and Members
TO :.: DATE : FILE
of the City ommisslon
sueUECT : Resolution Author I z i ng the
City Manager to Sign -off on
Group Insurance Articles of
u ✓ �1� the IAFF and AFSCME Labor
FROM I +��eSa IL. 0 O l REFERENCES Agreement
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_ ENCLOSURES:
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Commission authorize the City
Manager to sign off on Article 26 - Group Insurance of the Miami
General Employees American Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees, Local 1907 (AFSCME) collective bargaining agreement land Article 17 - Group Insurance of the International
Association of Firefighters, Local 587 (IAFF) collective
bargaining agreement adopted by the City Commission on September
27, 1993.
13ACKGROUND
As :previously ratified by the City Commission on September 27,
1993, the City and the AFSCME, Local 1907 and IAFF, Local 587
agreed to a two year agreement with the exception of the Group
Insurance article.
The', Group Insurance articles of both collective bargaining
agreementswere successfully negotiated on February 22, 1994.
Both of the Group Insurance articles provide for the modification
of the current self-insurance indemnity health plan to a City
self -insured Point of Service Plan and a City seif-Insured closed
HMO p.lan In addition, health Insurance premiums will be paid on
a pre-tax basis.
The Implementation of the Point of Service Plan and the Closed
HMO Plan will result in a projected savings of $3 mlIIIon for
fiscal year 1994 and $5 to $7 million for fiscal year 1995. As a
result of the agreed upon modifications to the Clty's self -
Insurance program, thereby making the plan more efficient and
reducing the total cost of providing employee health care, the
City has agreed to increase the base wages of bargaining unit
employees by 2.5% effective October 1994. The cost of the wage
Increase will be $1,743,050. The 2.5% base wage Increase is in
addition to the previously agreed upon 1% across-the-board
Increase effective October, 1994 rat ifIed. by the City Commission
on September 27, 1993.
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