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El-l~~~a~; ~00~--~-An employee may elect io wai;re the dental plan only and <br />enroll only in the medical plan and receive fifty dollars ($50.00) per month for their non- <br />election. <br />P.e-enrolhneilt in the medical and/or dental pla~~ shall be allowed only based upon a <br />qualifying event as defined by the IRS codes or wring an open enrolhxlent period. <br />The parties agree that during the ter_rn of this agieelT~ent, they will jointly explore various <br />instruments enabling employee savings for retiree medical costs and related purposes. <br />29.2 Under CaIPERS rules, the City will directly contribute the "employer minimum share" <br />towards retiree health coverage. Additional retiree health contributions will be made on a <br />reimbursement basis as set forth below. The amounts listed below are inclusive of the PERS <br />Medical Plan "employer minimum share". <br />29.3 The City shall pay the contributions required by health plan two-party rate for retired City <br />employees who were assigned to classifications represented by the San Leandro City <br />Employees Union and who are currently members of one of the City's health plans. The <br />City shall contribute to the health plan's two-party rate costs, but the maximum amount to be <br />contributed by the City shall not exceed three hundred and sixty dollars ($360.00). In the <br />event the amounts required by the health plans exceed the maximum City contribution, such <br />excess amounts shall be paid by the retiree. Coverage under this section shall continue until <br />the employees 65t" birthday; except for the PERS Medical Plan "employer minimum share" <br />retiree health contribution, which shall continue for life. <br />29.4 Retired employee dependent eligibility for City health plan contribution is conditional upon <br />the active enrollment of the retired employee. If a retired employee moves outside the <br />service area of their medical plan, the retiree will be allowed an opportunity within thirty <br />(30) days of such move to change medical insurance coverage. If a retired employee <br />remarries, the retiree may add the retiree's spouse to the medical insurance coverage at the <br />City's expense. The City shall have no obligation to obtain medical insurance for a retiree <br />living outside the service area of its medical insurance plans. The contribution toward retiree <br />insurance will continue, however, until the employees 65th birthday. <br />29.5 In 2009, the the-City shall contribute the following maximum monthly amounts, for current <br />MetLife dental coverage, toward the cost of dental benefits for active employees: <br />-2986-- 2009 <br />Employee $4~6-6~ $55.16 <br />Employee +1 ~ $106.45 <br />Family g $167.78 <br />Any increases in dental insurance premiums during the term of this Agreement shall be paid <br />by the City. <br />29.6 The City shall contribute a maximum of seventy dollars and eighty-seven cents ($70.87) <br />toward the monthly dental plan costs for each eligible retired City employee who was <br />assigned to a classification represented by the San Leandro City Employees Union, and who <br />is currently a member of the City's dental plan, or who was a member of the City's dental <br />27 <br />