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HomeMy Public PortalAbout03 March 18, 2005 Executive"7//c O RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTA TION COMMISSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (COMMISSIONERS MARION ASHLEY, CHRIS BUYDOS, BOB BUSTER, TERRY HENDERSON, ROBIN LOWE, JEFF MILLER, JEFF STONE, JOHN TAVAGLIONE, MIKE WILSON, ROY WILSON) 8:00 A.M. Friday, March 18, 2005 County of Riverside Administrative Center Conference Room "A" 4080 Lemon Street, 3rd Floor, Riverside In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Government Code Section 54954.2, if you need special assistance to participate in an Executive Committee meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Commission at (909) 787-7141. Notification of at least 48 hours prior to meeting will assist staff in assuring that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility at the meeting. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS 3. AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ON APPOINTMENT TO COMMITTEES AND SERVICE AS RCTC REPRESENTATIVES O vervie w This item is for the Executive Committee to review and provide input to the proposed amendment to RCTC's Administrative Code and forward to the Commission for adoption. 4. REQUEST TO INCREASE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO RCTC EMPLOYEES' HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM Overview This item is for the Committee to: 1) Increase the employer contribution to RCTC employees health insurance premium from $550.86 to $600.00; and, 2) Approved Resolution No. 05-004, "Resolution Fixing the Riverside County Transportation Commission's Contribution Under the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care". 5. ADJOURNMENT The next meeting is scheduled to be held at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 13, 2005, RCTC Conference Room "A", 4080 Lemon Street, 3rd Floor Conference Room, Riverside. AGENDA ITEM 3 RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTA TION COMMISSION DATE: March 18, 2005 TO: Executive Committee FROM: Eric Haley, Executive Director Steven C. DeBaun, Legal Counsel SUBJECT: Amendment to Administrative Code on Appointment Committees and Service as RCTC Representatives to STAFF RECOMMENDATION: This item is for the Executive Committee to review and provide input to the proposed amendment to RCTC's Administrative Code and forward to the Commission for adoption. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Commission's Administrative Code currently establishes strict guidelines for the appointment and membership of the Commission's four major policy committees: Budget and Implementation Committee, Plans and Programs Committee, Transit Policy Committee, and Executive Committee. However, with the increasing activities of the Commission, it has become necessary to establish other standing and ad hoc committees on a routine basis to provide advice to Commissioners and staff regarding specific matters before the Commission and to appoint Commission representatives to sister agencies, such as Metrolink. The attached resolution, if approved, amends the Commission's Administrative Code to formalize the authority and process for appointing and creating other Commission standing committees and ad hoc committee and appointing representatives to sister agencies boards. Most important, under amendment, service as a Commission representative or as member of a Commission standing or ad hoc committee would be limited to the regular members of the Commission, and alternates would not be permitted to serve in place of regular members on those committee or boards. Please note this policy will not impact the membership of the Plans and Programs Committee, the Budget and Implementation Committee, the Transit Policy Committee or the Executive Committee. This amendment to the Administrative Code, if adopted, will help facilitate the communication between the Commission and its various advisory committees and sister agencies. The Commission's alternate members generally do not attend the Commission's board or policy committee meetings. Without such involvement at Agenda Item 3 these meetings, there is a lack of communication between the Commission and its committee members and representatives, and it is difficult to consistently implement Commission policy. This change will help insure consistent policy making and implementation and will provide a better opportunity for committee members and Commission representatives to make direct reports to the Commission and receive policy direction from the Commission. Agenda Item 3 RESOLUTION NO. 05-003 AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY OF TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION The Administrative Code of the Riverside County of Transportation Commission is hereby amended to read as follows: 1. Article 3.G.3 of the Administrative Code is hereby revised to read as follows: "3. Other Advisory Committees: (a) Standing Committees. The Commission may create such other standing committees as it deems necessary. The Commission shall determine the membership of such committees from among the regular members of the Commission, and shall specify the functions, duties, responsibilities, and terms of service. The Commission shall give due consideration to recommendations, advice or proposals received from such standing committees, but shall not be bound thereby. (b) Ad Hoc Committees and Representative Appointments. The Chair may create and appoint ad hoc committees as necessary to provide direction and advice to the Chair, Commissioners or Commission staff. In addition, the Chair shall appoint Commission representatives to the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, the Route 91 Advisory Committee, the MSRC, and other agencies or organizations of which the Commission is a member or party. Ad hoc committee members and representatives shall be appointed the from the regular commission members." APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of March, 2005. By C. Robin Lowe Riverside County Transportation Commission ATTEST: By Naty Kopenhaver, Clerk of the Board Riverside County Transportation Commission AGENDA ITEM 4 RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTA TION COMMISSION DATE: March 18, 2005 TO: Executive Committee FROM: Eric Haley, Executive Director Naty Kopenhaver, Director of Administrative Services SUBJECT: Request to Increase Employer Contribution to RCTC Employees' Health Insurance Premium STAFF RECOMMENDATION: This item is for the Committee to: 1) Increase the employer contribution to RCTC employees health insurance premium from $550.86 to $600.00; and, 2) Approved Resolution No. 05-004, "Resolution Fixing the Riverside County Transportation Commission's Contribution Under the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care". BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Commission has provided $550.86 as its employer contribution to their employees' health insurance premium since January 2003. Since then, there were a number of changes to the premiums, including the regional pricing to the premiums that CaIPERS has put into place effective the beginning of this year. The regional pricing is in response to Southern California member agencies voicing the inequity created in the pool wherein Southern California members are paying more than they should, while others are paying less than the cost of health care in their regions. The action was also to retain agencies in Southern California where the market costs are as much as 40% lower than the North. The regional pricing resulted in the premiums for CaIPERS Basic Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO) and Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO) plans being priced differently in the five regions to better reflect market costs. The purpose of this item is to request that the Commission increase the monthly employer contribution by $49.14, from $550.86 to $600.00, effective July 1, 2005. The Commission currently has 25 employees and six retirees. Based upon review, of the 25 employees, with the exception of five employees, the remaining 20 employees contribute additional funds towards the monthly premium. The noted five employees are either single or have no eligible members in their household that could be covered by the insurance. If the requested increase is Agenda Item 4 approved, it would cover the health insurance premium for an additional five employees. Note that the premium that the employees pay is dependent upon the number of family members covered and the type of health insurance that they have selected. The requested increase in employer cost reflects an increased cost of less than $10,000 for this year. Employees are provided an enrollment period each year in October to make changes to their insurance coverage and as it occurs each year, employees may select a different health coverage which would increase or decrease the employer cost. There may be changes because of children reaching the age of 23 are no longer covered in the employer's cost and will be ineligible for coverage. For Commissioners' information, the following is the regional cost of the health insurance for the Riverside area: INSURANCE SINGLE 2 -PARTY FAMILY Blue Shield $323.25 $ 646.50 $ 840.45 Kaiser $308.24 $ 616.48 $ 801.42 PERS Choice $351.44 $ 702.88 $ 913.74 PERSCare $589.24 $1178.48 $1532.02 Agenda Item 4 RESOLUTION NO. 05-004 RESOLUTION FIXING THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION'S CONTRIBUTION UNDER THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE WHEREAS, Government Code Section 22825.6 provides that a local agency contracting under the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act shall fix the amount of the employer's contribution at an amount not less the required under Section 22825 of the Act, and WHEREAS, the Riverside County Transportation Commission is a local agency contracting under the act; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the employer's contribution for each employee or annuitant shall be the amount necessary to pay the cost of enrollment, including the enrollment of family members, in a health benefit plan, up to a maximum of $600.00 per month, plus administrative fees and contingency reserve fund assessments, effective for the premiums due for July 1, 2005. ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Riverside County Transportation Commission Executive Committee on the 18th day of March, 2005. C. Robin Lowe, Chair Riverside County Transportation Commission ATTEST: Naty Kopenhaver, Clerk of the Board Riverside County Transportation Commission