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Home My WebLink AboutRES 2024-33RESOLUTION NO. 2024-33 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR, AMENDING CITY OF DIAMOND BAR COMPENSATION PLAN AND FRINGE BENEFITS SCHEDULE G. WHEREAS, the City Council %J the City %J Diamond Bar adopted and amended the City of Diamond Bar Compensation and Benefits Plan (hereafter, the "Plan") by adoption of Resolution No. 2024-20 for Fiscal Year 2024-25 effective June 29, 2024; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar desires to reference and include a monthly increase of $6.75 to the Technology Stipend benefit allotment for City Council Members that may be used as a reimbursement for the purchase and maintenance of personal cell phones, tablets, laptops, printers, and/or phone/internet service in order to conduct City business. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar, does hereby resolve as follows. Section 1. The Compensation and Benefits Plan Schedule G adopted by Resolution 2024-20, is hereby replaced in their entirety with the Compensation & Benefits Plan Schedule G attached hereto as Exhibit A, which shall be effective July 16, 2024. Section 2. If any part of this Resolution or its application is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such invalidity will not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications, and, to this end, the provisions of the Resolution are severable. Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions, which shall become effective immediately upon its approval. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16t" day of July 2024. CITY OF DIq OND BAR Stan Liyl Mayor Resolution No. 2024-33 ATTEST: I, Kristina Santana, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed, approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar held on the 16t" day of July 2024, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Chou, Low, MPT/Teng, M/Liu NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS. Tye ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None Kristina Santana, City Clerk Attachment: "Exhibit A" -Compensation and Benefits Plan Schedule G; Amended July 16, 2024 2 Resolution No. 2024-33 EXHIBIT A Compensation and Benefits Plan Schedule U; Amended July 167 2024 3 Schedule G Effective 6/29/2024 Amended by City Council 7/16/2024 CITY OF DIAMOND BAR FY 2024-2025 BENEFITS Benefits Paid By Eligibility Details Benefit Allotment City Paid Designated Officials, A monthly allotment of $1,720 (pro -rated for regular part-time Regular FulkTime employees) which can be applied to selected benefit options. and Regular Part - Time employees a) Members of the City Council, Executive Management and upon hire. employees defined as full-time exempt receive $1,750 per month. b) Premiums for selected benefits options are paid from the monthly benefit allotment. The total of all premiums for selected benefits that exceed the monthly health benefit allotment are paid at the employees' expense as a bi- weekly pre -taxed payroll deduction. c) Employees who are not encumbering their entire benefit allotment will have those funds applied to a Section 457 deferred compensation plan offered through Missions uare. Health Benefit Designated officials, Health coverage offered through the California Public Allotment Regular FulkTime Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS). Employees may and Regular Part- select from available HMO and PPO plan options. Premiums Time employees vary depending on the health plan selected. If health coverage upon hire or during is selected, the premium is deducted from the monthly benefit the annual open allotment. enrollment period. Dental City Paid*/ Designated Officials, Two dental plans are available (Delta Care Prepaid or Delta Benefit Regular Full -Time Dental DPO) to Designated Officials, Regular Full -Time and Allotment and Regular Part- Regular Part -Time employees and their eligible dependents. Time employees *The City pays for employee coverage. If dependent coverage upon hire or during is selected, the additional premium is deducted from the the annual open monthly benefit allotment. enrollment period. Delta Care Delta Care is a pre -paid dental plan, which offers affordable HMO coverage. This option provides orthodontics coverage. Delta Dental Delta Dental is Delta's Preferred Option (DPO) plan, which allows visits to any dentist of choice. The program provides the maximum benefitwhen using a DPO dentist. DPO dentists are Delta dentists who have agreed to charge DPO patients reduced fees. Vision City Paid*/ Designated Officials, *The City pays for employee coverage. If dependent coverage Benefit Regular FulkTime is selected, the premium is deducted from the monthly benefit Allotment and Regular Part- allotment. Time employees Vision Services Plan (VSP) network provides exams, upon hire or during prescription glasses, contact lenses, and a second pair of the annual open glasses each year. Co -pays apply. enrollment period. Life/ ADD City Paid Designated Officials, Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (ADD) Insurance Regular Full -Time Insurance provided to all Designated Officials ($50,000 and Regular Part- benefit); Executive Management ($200,000); Exempt Mgt. Time employees ($150,000); and Regular Full -Time and Regular Part- Time upon hire. employees ($75,000 benefit). Schedule G Effective 6/29/2024 Amended by City Council 7/16/2024 Supplemental Employee Designated Officials, If Supplemental Life Insurance is selected, the premium i Life Insurance Paid Regular FulkTime deducted from the monthly benefit allotment. Supplement; through the and Regular Part- insurance is purchased in increments of $10,000 up t., Benefit Time employees $300,000. A spouse is eligible up to half the amount selected Allotment upon hire. This is an by the employee in increments of $10,000, The cost for each optional benefit. $10,000 of coverage is based on age. State Disability Employee Regular Full -Time, This benefit provides affordable, worker -funded benefits to Insurance (SDI) Paid Regular Part -Time, eligible workers suffering a full or partial loss of wages due to through Part-Time/seasonal, disabilities which are not work related for up to 12 months, mandatory and intermittent Disability also includes elective surgery and disabilities related payroll employees upon hire. to pregnancy or childbirth. deduction Short-term & City Paid Regular FulkTime This benefit provides income replacement in the event of a Long-term and Regular Part- covered disability at 60% of salary up to a maximum of $1500 Disability Time employees per week. STD/LTD upon hire. Retirement City/ Designated Officials, A comprehensive retirement through the Public Employees' Employee Regular FulkTime Retirement System (CaIPERS). Regular FulkTime and and Regular Part- Regular Part -Time employees of the City are automatically Time employees enrolled as a member of CaIPERS and thus DO NOT upon hire. participate in Social Security. To become vested in CaIPERS an employee must be a member for a minimum of five (5) years. Current employees and employees hired after January 1, 2013 who are existing CaIPERS members or a member of a� agency with reciprocity with the City of Diamond Bar will b enrolled in the 2% @ 55 retirement benefit formula. Employees hired after January 1, 2013 who have never been a CaIPERS member, or is a member of a retirement system (CaIPERS) reciprocal but has a break in service longer than six months will be enrolled in the 2% @ 62 retirement benefit formula. Employees in this formula will contribute half of the normal benefit cost for this retirement benefit. Retirement City Paid Designated Officials City contribution to the Designated Official's City sponsored Benefit for (Contribution that are retired from 457 Deferred Compensation plan (MissionSquare). The Designated into City CaIPERS at time of monthly contribution will be equal to the City's current Officials sponsored election into office CaIPERS rate of contribution for Employee only. (Such Ineligible for 457 OR retire from Designated Officials would not be eligible for CaIPERS CaIPERS Deferred CaIPERS during term retirement benefits as CaIPERS law prohibits re -enrollment Comp. Plan in office. after retirement.) in amount equal to current CaIPERS Em . rate. Retirement- Employee Part-Time/Seasonal A minimum employee contribution rate of 7.5% pre-tax of Deferred mandatory and Intermittent wages to a City sponsored 457 Deferred Compensation plan Compensation payroll employees upon hire. (MissionSquare). deduction. 1959 Survivor City/ Designated Officials, This benefit, provided through CaIPERS Retirement, is pa Benefit Employee, Regular Full -Time along with other death benefits, whether or not the employe through and Regular Part- was eligible to retire at the time of their death. The monthly Benefit Time employees benefit amount formula depends on the number of eligible Allotment upon hire. survivors. Schedule G Effective 6/29/2024 Amended by City Council 7/16/2024 Employee City Paid Designated Officials, Face4o4ace assessment, treatment, and follow-up to help Assistance Regular Full -Time resolve a broad range of personal, work, and family problems. Program (EAP) and Regular Part- Employees and eligible family members can receive up to 3- Time employees sessions per incident with professional counselors for early upon hire. intervention and treatment. Section 125 Employee Designated Officials, At the beginning of the plan year, each participating employee Cafeteria Plans/ Paid Regular Full -Time selects an amount up to the maximum set by the City for each Reimbursement and Regular Part- plan. The amount selected is calculated into a bi-weekly, pre - Accounts Time employees taxed payroll deduction, upon hire. This is an optional benefit. Healthcare Flexible Spending Account- Also known as a Healthcare Reimbursement Account, the employee may designate pre-tax dollars, up to a maximum of $2,500 per calendar year for out-of-pocket healthcare expenses not covered by their medical, dental, or vision insurance plans. Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account- Also known as a Day Care or Childcare Reimbursement Account, the designated pre-tax dollars, up to a maximum of $5,000 per household- per calendar year, must be related to expenses which are for dependent care that enables the employee to remain gainfully employed. COBRA Employee Designated Officials, The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 Paid Regular Full -Time (COBRA) provides for the continuation of health care coverage and Regular Part- to certain employees who terminated employment and Time employees, beneficiaries of employees who die, become disabled or are enrolled in qualifying divorced. Employees become eligible for continued coverage health, dental, vision, upon termination of service, whether voluntary or not (other and EAP plans. than termination for gross misconduct), retirement or reduction in hours worked. For these employees and their dependents, continued coverage is available for the time period set forth by law, at their expense. Medicare City/ Designated Officials, Pursuant to Revenue Billing 8&68 of the Internal Revenue Employee, Regular Full -Time Code, all employees hired after March 31, 1987 has 1.45 through and all Part -Time percent of their base salary deducted from their paycheck to mandatory employees upon hire. be paid to Medicare. The City matches the 1.45 percent as payroll mandated by law. deduction Deferred Employee Designated Officials, A Section 457 deferred compensation plan is made available Compensation Paid Regular Full -Time, through MissionSquare. Employees not encumbering their Regular Part -Time entire health benefit allotment will have those excess funds and Temporary Part- deferred into this plan. Employees may also elect to have Time employees additional contributions at their expense as a pre -taxed payroll upon hire. deduction. Total deferral contributions are not to exceed limits under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code. Schedule G Effective 6/29/2024 Amended by City Council 7116/2024 Temporary Part -Time employees are required to contribut 7.5% of their pre-tax salary to a deferred compensatioi , account in lieu of participating in Social Security. Automobile City Paid Designated Officials, A monthly car allowance of $120 for Exempt Management, Allowance Executive Mgt. and $250 for Executive Management and $300 for City Council Exempt Mgt. upon Members in lieu of mileage reimbursement. hire. Tuition City Paid Regular FulkTime Full-time and regular part-time (on a pro -rated basis) Reimbursement and Regular Part- employees are eligible to receive reimbursement in the Time employees amount of $1500 per fiscal year, for college -level or university - upon hire. level educational courses. Personal Employee Regular Full -Time Interest -free loans between $250 and $2,500 for the purpose Computer Loan Paid and Regular Part- of financing a personal computer, a printer, and/or City - Program Time employees compatible software are available to eligible employees so upon hire. they can learn and gain experience by working with a personal computer away from the office and outside of regular business hours. An employee may purchase a more expensive system, but he/she must pay the balance over $2,500. The loan covers 90% of the total price of the equipment/software being purchased. The employee pays the remaining 10% of the purchase price at the time of purchase. Loans are made on a first -come, first -served basis based on available funds. Once the money for the employee loans has been obligated, the fund will be replenished through payroll deductions from outstanding loans. New loans will then be made as fund become available. Loans will be for a maximum term of 2 months and will be repaid through payroll deductions on a biweekly basis. Technology City Paid Designated Officials, Executive and Exempt Management are eligible to receive a Stipend Executive Mgt., monthly stipend of $100 as a reimbursement for the purchase Exempt Mgt., and and maintenance of personal cell phones, tablets, laptops, full-time staff based printers, and/or phone/internet service in order to conduct City on emergency business and to respond in emergency situations. City Council response Members and Ddesignated key full-time staff that are required responsibilities. to respond in emergency situations will be eligible for a $50 stipend on a monthly basis. C!