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Home My Public Portal About02647 O R D I N A N C E NO. 2647 AN ORDINANCE repealing Ordinance No. 2619, adopted July 31, 1974, and enacting a new ordinance in lieu thereof on the same subject, providing a group insurance plan for officers and employees, including a schedule of benefits. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT: Section One. Ordinance No. 2619, adopted July 31, 1974, is hereby repealed effective August 1, 1974, and a new ordinance in lieu thereof hereby enacted, also effective August 1, 1974, without, however, altering or extinguishing the legal relationship established by such ordinance. Section Two. The District hereby extends to all officers and employees as defined in Section Three hereof, the benefits of group insurance as compensation for services in addition to salaries, compensation and benefits otherwise provided by ordinance. The District shall pay one hundred per cent (100%) of the aggregate of the individual premiums for employee medical insurance, employee life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance of officers and employees. Section Three. Eligible officers and employees shall be all officers and employees who are subject to ordinances prescribing salaries, vacations, sick leave or other compensation or benefits, except the following: 1.Those serving on temporary or emergency appointments. 2.Those paid on daily, hourly or per-performance rates. 2 3.Those having served less than three months since date of original appointment. Section Four. Except for such reduction in benefits at age 65 as may be customary and necessary, the benefits hereunder shall be as follows: A. Officer or Employee Class Life Insurance Annual Earnings Amount Less than $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 5,001.00 - 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,001.00 - 7,000.00 7,000.00 7,001.00 - 8,000.00 8,000.00 8,001.00 - 9,000.00 9,000.00 9,001.00 - 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,001.00 - 11,000.00 11,000.00 11,001.00 - 12,000.00 12,000.00 12,001.00 - 13,000.00 13,000.00 13,001.00 - 14,000.00 14,000.00 14,001.00 - 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,001.00 - 16,000.00 16,000.00 16,001.00 - 17,000.00 17,000.00 17,001.00 - 18,000.00 18,000.00 18,001.00 - 19,000.00 19,000.00 19,001.00 - and above 20,000.00 B. Accidental death and dismemberment insurance shall be an amount equal to the life insurance, (A. above). C. For various types of medical care, the maximum amounts shall be as follows: hospitalization room and board $26.00 per day, $1,820.00 maximum per disability; miscellaneous hospitalization charges maximum $300.00 per disability; ambulance benefit $30.00; surgical $300.00 maximum schedule; maternity, normal delivery $500.00 caesarean section $1,000.00, miscarriage $250.00; maternity major medical coverage applicable after $300.00 deductible amount; in-hospital doctor visits $4.00 per call, maximum $280.00; diagnostic X-ray and laboratory $50.00 maximum in 3 any twelve-month period (non-scheduled); maximum payment for emergency accident $100.00; major medical $25,000.00 maximum with automatic reinstatement of $1,000.00 annually. Group coverage hereunder shall be convertible into an individual insurance policy on termination of employment on such terms as are provided in the Group Insurance Contract. Section Five. The amount of the District's group insurance participation with respect to any officer or employee shall not be considered as taxable income to him and it shall not be deemed to be a part of his compensation for tax reporting purposes, notwithstanding that for the purposes of this ordinance such participation shall be considered partial compensation for services rendered to the District. Section Six. Except for the accounting procedures hereinabove provided, the administration of the group insurance plan shall be vested in the Personnel Department. The Personnel Director, with the approval of the Executive Director, is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith for efficient administration of the plan. Section Seven. The Secretary-Treasurer shall submit to the Board of Trustees not less than three proposals for providing group insurance coverage meeting the standards herein set out or as otherwise specified in ordinances setting both the general procedures for providing for the District's insurance coverage. He shall solicit duly authorized insurors having local facilities for processing claims, prescribing such uniform specifications as he 4 may consider appropriate. The foregoing Ordinance was adopted August 28, 1974.