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non -election of medical/dental benefits. In the event both spouses are employed by the City and eligible to enroll in the City's medical benefits plan, one employee may elect not to enroll in the medical plan and will receive the $150 per month payment. Employees electing not to enroll in the medical plan, but continuing enrollment in the dental plan, shall receive $100 per month for their non -enrollment. Re -enrollment in the medical and/or dental plan shall be allowed only based upon a qualifying event as defined by the IRS codes or during an open enrollment period. 23.2 The City shall pay the contributions required by the health plans' two-party rate for retired City employees who were assigned to classifications represented by the San Leandro Police Officers' Association and who are currently members of one of the City's three health plans. The City shall contribute to the health plan two-party rate costs until the retired employee is eligible for Medicare coverage. The maximum amount to be contributed by the City may not exceed Three Hundred Forty-one Dollars and four cents ($341.04) to the Kaiser Health Plan, Three Hundred Thirty-two Dollars and seventeen cents (($332.17) to the Blue Cross Health Plan, and Three Hundred Sixty Dollars and ten cents ($360.10) per month to the Health Net Health Plan. In the event the amounts required by the health plans exceed the maximum City contribution, such excess amounts shall be paid by the retiree. The Kaiser plan will be converted to a $5 co -pay for prescriptions and office visit effective March 1, 1996. 23.3 The parties mutually agreed to explore the possibility of offering to a retiree 65 years of age or older, an optional premium payment to be used toward an individual medical supplement conversion plan, under which retirees may be offered the option of taking a reduced premium contribution by the City prior to reaching age sixty-five (65). The availability of such coverage, the cost thereof, and other related matters is unknown to the parties at this time. However, the parties agree to meet during the term of this agreement to explore such options and alternatives. In no case, shall the City's obligation to pay premiums exceed the sums and/or costs described in Section 23.2. 23.4 Retired employee dependent eligibility for City health plan contribution is conditional upon the active enrollment of the retired employee. If a retired employee moves outside the service area of their medical plan, the retiree will be allowed an opportunity within thirty (30) days of such move to change medical insurance coverage. If a retired employee remarries, the retiree may add the retiree's spouse to the 21