pages: CityCouncil/2009-10-06.pdf, 5
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CityCouncil | 2009-10-06 | 5 | Councilmember Tam stated the Public Safety contract process calls for a committee to be formed to have management and public safety unions sit at a table and develop a mutually agreeable retiree medical benefit. ; one of the public safety contracts states that the committee would begin meeting within thirty days of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which was adopted on August 3 that she assumes the committee met. The City Attorney stated the proposed ordinance is the first step necessary to make changes to the retiree medical benefits for future public safety employees; public safety employees hired after November 1, 2009 would have medical retirement benefits suspended until the group meets to determine the benefits; the process may take a while; the first step in the process is to have Council change the benefits for future public safety hires. Councilmember Matarrese inquired whether future negotiations would set benefits, not proposed ordinance, to which the City Attorney responded in the affirmative. louncilmember Gilmore inquired whether amending the ordinance is a prerequisite to getting negotiators together. The City Attorney responded in the affirmative; stated otherwise, an overlap would occur; until the ordinance is changed, the provision for fully paid medical and dental benefits for retirees and spouses would apply to [public safety] employees hired; the ordinance needs to be changed so that there is some certainty about benefits for new hires. Councilmember Gilmore inquired whether introduction of the ordinance is being done as an abundance of caution, not necessarily because there are plans to add new hires to either of the public safety units. The City Attorney responded in the affirmative; stated the ordinance would also be a notice to future hires that retiree medical benefits will be whatever is negotiated. Councilmember Tam inquired whether [public safety] employees hired after November 1, 2009, retiree healthcare benefits would be pending and contingent upon the group reaching a mutually agreeable provision, to, which the City Attorney responded in the affirmative. Councilmember Tam inquired whether a mutually agreeable provision would need Council approval and to go through the public safety labor groups' process before being incorporated into the respective Regular Meeting Alameda City Council October 6, 2009 | CityCouncil/2009-10-06.pdf |