(a)
The city elects to provide health benefits coverage to its retirees through the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool under the pool’s interlocal agreement.
(b)
The city adopts the following definition of retiree for the purposes of this division: Any employee retired from the city who is eligible to receive retirement benefits from the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS).
(c)
(1)
The interlocal agreement in effect between the city and the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool provides that the board of trustees may adopt rules and regulations. The rules and regulations of the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool allow the participating member entity to provide retiree medical coverage at the same contribution as charged to active employees or to select a contribution level which is an elevated percentage (150%, 160%, etc., which may change from time to time) of the active employee contribution or to offer over age 65 retirees a Medicare Supplement.
(2)
The city elects to have the retiree medical contribution for under age 65 retirees be the same as the active employee for as long as the TML Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool offers this rate structure for retiree medical coverage. The city elects to have the retiree medical contribution for over age 65 retirees be the same as the active employee rate. Other coverages will be as established annually by the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool board of trustees.
(d)
The city shall adopt on an annual basis any additional or alternative retiree benefit plans to be provided through TML Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool. The cost of these plans shall be paid for entirely by the retiree.
(Ordinance 00-02 adopted 3/21/00; Ordinance 11-05 adopted 12/27/11; 1994 Code, sec. 34.15)