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month in the form of contributions or taxes to support said federal or state health <br />plan. <br /> <br />If, as a result of such a law, the level of benefits provided by such law for any <br />group of employees, or their dependents, is lower in certain categories of services <br />than that provided under the existing major plans the City shall, to the extent <br />practical, provide a plan of benefits supplementary to the federal or state benefits <br />so as to make benefits in each category of coverage as nearly comparable as <br />possible to the benefits provided under the major medical plan. The City need <br />only expend for this purpose the actual amount required to achieve parity between <br />the benefits agreed to be provided under the major medical plan and the benefits <br />provided under any federal or state plan as supplemented in the manner <br />hereinabove described. In no event shall the City be required to expend for such <br />purposes an amount which, when added to the contributions or taxes required of <br />the City under the federal or state act, shall exceed the amounts paid at the time <br />such legislation becomes effective. <br /> <br />If the benefits provided under the federal or state act exceed the benefits provided <br />hereunder in each category of coverage, the City shall be under no further <br />obligation to make any contributions. <br /> <br />The City intends to evaluate the hospital-medical, life insurance, and dental plans <br />which are currently available to employees. In the event that it may be possible to <br />provide hospital-medical, life insurance and dental coverage as nearly comparable <br />as possible to the benefits in effect on September 1, 1998, without additional cost <br />to the City or the employees, the City may substitute new insurance carriers. The <br />Association will be given an oppommity to review the coverage afforded under <br />such substitute plans before they are implemented. <br /> <br />The City and RCPSA agree that in the event state or federal law changes to the <br />extent that mandates are placed on the City or the level of benefits changes during <br />the term of this MOU, the parties agree to reopen the MOU to meet and confer <br />over such changes or mandates, if either party requests to do so. <br /> <br />SECTION 11. PROBATION <br /> <br />All appointments shall be tentative and subject to a probationary period of twelve (12) <br />months of service fi.om the date of appointment. During the probationary period an <br />employee may be rejected at any time by the City Manager upon recommendation of the <br />Police Chief. Any regular employee rejected during the probationary period shall be <br />reinstated.to the position fi.om which he or she was promoted unless conditions warrant <br />his or her dismissal. <br /> <br />Upon satisfactory completion of such probationary period, the employee shall be <br />appointed to a regular full-time position in that classification. <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br /> <br />