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CITY OF REDWOOD CITY FLEXIBLE BENEFITS PLAN INTRODUCTION The City has adopted this Plan effective January 1, 2006, to recognize the contribution made to the City by its Employees. Its purpose is to reward them by providing benefits for those Employees who shall qualify hereunder and their dependents and beneficiaries. The concept of this Plan is to allow Employees to choose among different types of benefits based on their own particular goals, desires and needs. The Plan shall be known as City of Redwood City Flexible Benefits Plan (the "Plan "). The intention of the City is that the Plan qualify as a "Cafeteria Plan" within the meaning of Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and that the benefits which an Employee elects to receive under the Plan be includible or excludable from the Employee's income under Section 125(a) and other applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1.1 "Administrator" means the individual(s) or corporation appointed by the City to carry out the administration of the Plan. The City shall be empowered to appoint and remove the Administrator from time to time as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the Plan. In the event the Administrator has not been appointed, or resigns from a prior appointment, the City shall be deemed to be the Administrator. 1.2 "Affiliated City" means the City and any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b)) which includes the City; any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control (as defined in Code Section 414(c)) with the City; any organization (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of an affiliated service group (as defined in Code Section 414(m)) which includes the City; and any other entity required to be aggregated with the City pursuant to Treasury regulations under Code Section 414(0). 1.3 "Benefit" means any of the optional benefit choices available to a Participant as outlined in Section 4.1. 1.4 "Cafeteria Plan Benefit Dollars" means the amount available to Participants, pursuant to Article III, to purchase Benefits. Each dollar contributed to this Plan shall be converted into one Cafeteria Plan Benefit Dollar. 1.5 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or replaced from time to time. 1.6 "Compensation" means the amounts received by the Participant from the City during a Plan Year. 1.7 "Dependent" means any individual who qualifies as a dependent under Code Section 152 (as modified by Code Section 105(b)). 1.8 "Effective Date" means January 1, 2006. 1.9 "Election Period" means the period immediately preceding the beginning of each Plan Year established by the Administrator, such period to be applied on a uniform and