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MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor, City Council, and City Manager
From: Mark T. Sokolow, City Attorney ~z,,/~ ~'yqC~
Date: September 18, 2009
Subject: P. O. No. 6038; P. O. No. 6029; P. R. No. 15505
Council Meeting September 22, 2009
P. O. No. 6038 pertains to compensation for the Mayor and
Council members.
If the City Council desires to have health insurance for
themselves, P. R. No. 15505 will need be to be amended to
include the following language:
• "That the schedule of eligible persons shall also include
the Mayor and City Council, so long as they are in
office."
• "That the Council members will be eligible for COBRA once
they leave office, as allowed by law."
If the City Council desires to also have health insurance
for their dependants, P. R. No. 15505 will need to be amended
to include the following language:
• "That the schedule of eligible premiums shall also
include the Mayor and City Council, so long as they are
in office, as well as for their dependants, with the same
premium allocation as active employees."
• "That the Councilmembers and their dependents will be
eligible for COBRA once the City Council members leave
office, as allowed by law."
P. O. No. 6029 will also need to be amended as to provide
funds for the added health insurance coverage.
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Attachment
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Director of Human Resources
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P. 0. No. 6038
09/18/09 is
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AS IT PERTAINS TO COMPENSATION
AND BENEFITS FOR THS MAYOR AND COIINCILMEMBERS
WHEREAS, the Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, and City Council receive
the following compensation and benefits, which does not presently
include health insurance:
PER MONTH:
SALARY: CAR ALLOWANCE:
Mayor $1,030.00 $1,000
Mayor Pro Tem $ 515.00 $ 950
Councilmembers $ 515.00 $ 900
and
WHEREAS, the proposed budget includes a 4% increase for non-
civil service employees, which includes a 4% increase for the
Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and Councilmembers, as follows:
PER MONTH:
SALARY:
Mayor $1,071.20
Mayor Pro Tem $ 535.60
Councilmembers $ 535.60
CAR ALLOWANCE:
$1,000
$ 950
$ 900
and
WHEREAS, the City Council is considering adding health
insurance coverage for them or for their dependants, which is
permissible under Section 172.004 Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the fiscal impact for health insurance coverage for
councilmembers only is estimated not to exceed $42,454 for the
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2009/2010 fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the fiscal impact for health insurance coverage for
councilmembers and for their dependants, with the same premium
allocation as active employees, is estimated not to exceed $83,537.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINID BY THE CITY COIINCIL OF THE CITY
OF PORT ARTHIIR:
Section 1. That the facts and opinions in the preamble
are true and correct.
Section 2. That the Mayor and City Council will also
have health insurance as follows:
Mayor and City Council, so long as they are in office;
or
Mayor and City Council, as well as their dependants, with
the same premium allocation as actual employees, so long as
they are in office
Section 3. That the Mayor and the City Council will also
be eligible for COBRA, as allowed by law, once they are out of
office and if dependant coverage is also included, the dependants
will also be eligible for coverage, as allowed by law.
Section 4. That this Ordinance is contingent upon the
adoption of P. O. No. 6029, which provides for funding for the
added cost of this health insurance coverage, as delineated
herein.
Section 5. That a copy of the caption of this Ordinance
be spread upon the Minutes of the City Council.
Section 6. That this being an Ordinance amending an
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Ordinance which does not carry a penalty, and does not require
publication, it shall take effect on November 1, 2009.
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this day of
A.D., 2009, at a Council Meeting of the City Council of the City
of Port Arthur, Texas, by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor
City Council
NOES:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
CITY MANAGER
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