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<br />Page I of I <br /> <br />Feazelle, Debra <br /> <br />From: Swanagan, Robert <br />Sent: Thursday, September 28,20063:55 PM <br />To: Feazelle, Debra; Dolby, Michael <br />Subject: FW: Retiree Health Plan Issue <br /> <br />FYI, <br /> <br />Robert Swanagan <br /> <br />From: Clark T. Askins [mailto:ctaskins@swbell.net] <br />Sent: Thursday, September 28, 20063:41 PM <br />To: Swanagan, Robert <br />Subject: Retiree Health Plan Issue <br /> <br />Robert: <br /> <br />Under Chapter 9 (Retiree Medical Coverage) of the Employee handbook, Section 9A, paragraph D, <br />provision is made for health benefits to employees who retire under cause of disability. This section was <br />added to the city health plan when Section (A was passed by Council in October of 2004. <br /> <br />This part of our policy does in fact presently confer retiree health benefits on qualifying employees, so <br />long as they I) qualify for disability retirement under TMRS; 2) have been declared permanently <br />disabled under the Social Security Act, and have elected to receive Medicare Parts A and B, and 3) have <br />worked for the City for 10 continuous years. <br /> <br />My thought is that this section scopes out, in general, a disability related retiree health plan that may be <br />what Council has in mind, but it has been around for 2 years and Council may want to look at it for <br />possible changes. The TMRS and Social Security language was simply to provide an objective standard <br />so that CLP didn't have to make call on what constitutes disability. This, along with the 10 year <br />requirement, can be amended, should Council desire. <br /> <br />Finally, this section says "Costs associated with retirement under this tier shall be 75% of the city <br />cost" (emphasis added). In light of discussion at 9/25 council meeting over properly defining / clarifying <br />what retiree and dependents costs are relative to the plan costs, this language might need to be refined. <br /> <br />Clark <br /> <br />9/28/2006 <br />