1st Reading - Jersey City

Continuation of City Ordinance 11:"007 ,page 2ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 53 (PERSONNL) OF THE JERSEY CIT MUCIPALCODE, IMPLEMENTING ARTICLE xm (RTIRE HEALTH AN MEDICAL BENEFIT) CONFIRMING THEPROVISION OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH INSURCE BENEFITS TO CERTAINACTIVE EMPLOYEES ANDRETIRES WITH 25 YEARS OF SERVICE CREDIT IN A STATE OR LOCALLY ADMINISTERED RETIREMENTSYSTEM, PURUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40A: 10-23, BUT LIMITING THE BENEFITS IN THE FUTUR TO ONLY THOSEEMPLOYEES WHO ALSO RETIRWITH AT LEAST 20 YEARS OF-SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF JERSEY CITYWHREAS, accordingly, as to all new employees hired after the adoption ofthe within Ordinance, the Cityof Jersey City has 'determined to clarify by Ordinance that the City shall pay the cost of such medical andhealth benefitS to its eligible retirees but only ifthey'have at least 20 year of actual service with the Cityof Jersey City including a public body, corporate and politic, established by the City of Jersey City, at the 'time of retirement, pursuantto N.J.S.A. 40A:1O-23.; and 'NOW, THREFORE, BE IT ORDAID by the Municipal Council ofthe City ofJersey City that: 'A. The following amendments and supplements to Chapter 53 (Personnel) and of the Jersey City Codeare adopted.ARTICLExmRetiree Medical and Health Benefits§53-84 Provision of Retiree Medical and Health Benefits.The City wil pay the entire cost of medical and health benefits, including the premiumcharges for Par B of the Federal Medicare Program, for certin Eligible Employees, as definedhereinafter, who retire or have already retired from the City, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:IO-23.§53-84.1 Eligibilty for Retiree Medical and Health Benefits."Eligible Employees" are defined as employees, including their spouses and dependents,who retire with:i. At least 25 years of credited service in a State or locally administered pensionsystem at the time of retirement; and2. At least 20 years of actual service with the City of Jersey City, which may includeprior actual service with a public body, corporate and politic, that it has beenestablished by the City of Jersey City.The additÎonal requirement of retirement with at least 20 years of actual service credit with the Cityof Jersey City, wil only apply: I) to new Eligible Employees, that is, those hired after the effectivedate of this ordinance, and 2) upon successful negotiation with each collective bargaining unit of theCity of Jersey City.B. All ordinances and pars of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.Code. 'The City Clerk shall have this ordinance codified and incorporated in the offcial copies ofC. This ordinance shall be a par of the Jersey City Code as though codified and fully set forth therein.the Jersey CityD. This ordinance shall tae effect at the time and in the manner as provided by law.E. The City Clerk and the Corporation Counsel be and they are hereby authorized and directed tochange any chapter numbers, aricle numbers and section numbers in the event that the codification ofthisordiriance reveals that there is a conflct between those numbers and the existing code, in order to avoidconfusion and possible accìdental repealers of existing provisions.NOTE: All material is new, therefore, underlining has been omitted.12/14/10; 12/20/10APPROVED AS TO LEGAL~ncounseiFORM:;'Certification Required 0Not Required 0APPROVED:APPROVED: