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14 San Leandro Confidential EE Comp Plan January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2029 In January of each year, the City will pay 70% of the increase in medical and dental premiums based on Kaiser and the dental core plan (i.e., 2026 premiums minus 2025 premiums, multiplied by 70%). Employees who wish to waive enrollment in the medical and dental plans and who demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City their enrollment in another medical and dental plan will receive opt-out payments as follows, based on the employee’s status and eligibility during the active benefit year, in accordance with Internal Revenue code (IRC) timelines and qualifying events: Employee rate: Medical $200 +/or dental $50 = $250/month maximum Two-party rate: Medical $350 +/or dental $50 = $400/month maximum Family rate: Medical $500 +/or dental $50 = $550/month maximum In the event both spouses are employed by the City and eligible to enroll in the City’s flex benefits plan, one employee may elect not to enroll in the medical and dental plans and will receive the single employee opt-out rate of two-hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per month payment if enrolled under spouse’s coverage. 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. 17.2 Retiree Benefits Employees hired after January 1, 2005 must render five years of continuous service with the City of San Leandro to retire with medical and/or dental benefits under this section. Medical: Under CalPERS rules, the City will directly contribute the “Minimum Employer Contribution” towards retiree health coverage. Additional retiree health contributions will be made on a reimbursement basis as set forth below as long as the retiree remains enrolled in a CalPERS health plan. The amounts listed below are inclusive of the CalPERS Medical Plan “Minimum Employer Contribution”. The City shall pay the contributions required by health plan two-party rate for retired City employees who were assigned to confidential classifications and who are currently members of one of the City’s health plans. The City shall contribute to the health plan’s two-party rate costs, but the maximum amount to be contributed by the City shall not exceed three hundred and sixty dollars ($360.00). In the event the amounts required by the health plans exceed the maximum City contribution, such excess amounts shall be paid by the retiree. Coverage under this section shall continue until the employee’s 65th birthday; except for the CalPERS Medical Plan “employer minimum share” retiree health contribution, which shall continue for life. 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 medical insurance coverage at the City's expense. The City shall have no obligation to obtain medical insurance for a retiree living outside the