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TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF REDWOOD C1.6.1.B. - Page 25 AND THE SAN MATEO COUNTY FIRE FIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 2400 19.1.5 For the period January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, the City's maximum combined monthly contribution for each eligible full -time employee for the aforementioned Group Health Benefit Plan and Cafeteria Plan shall be one thousand four hundred seventy-nine dollars and thirty - seven cents ($1,479.37) per month per employee minus any costs incurred by the City to maintain the Cafeteria Plan in compliance with IRS Code Section 125, and minus any costs incurred by the City to maintain the Group Health Benefits Plan in compliance with Government Code Section 22751, et seq. Such costs include, but are not limited to, surcharges and /or administrative fees. The actual maximum monthly contribution per active employee, once these charges have been deducted, is estimated to be one thousand three hundred seventy-one dollars and thirty -seven cents ($1,371.37) for 2011. 19.1.6 Effective January 1, 2012 the City's monthly contribution for each eligible employee for the aforementioned Group Health Benefit Plan and Cafeteria Plan shall be limited to the purchase of group health medical insurance. There shall be no credit to a flexible spending account. Further there shall be no cash option available, except as set forth in Section 19.1.14 below. In the event that the Kaiser Family premium increases above the 2011 calendar year rate, for calendar years 2012 and 2013, the City will increase its contribution in an amount equal to 100% of such increase. 19.1.7 For employees covered by this MOU, this amount shall be prorated. (For permanent part-time employees working (20) or more hours per week covered by this MOU this amount shall be prorated.) 19.1.8 In the event the above listed amount plus the city payment towards health benefit plan premiums, specified in 19.1.2, 19.1.4, 19.1.5 and 19.1.6 above, are insufficient to pay 100% of the premiums required of employees enrolled in any one of the Group health benefit plans, the City shall make a payroll deduction from the employee's pay to cover the difference in cost. 19.1.9 The health benefit plans offered shall be those of the California Public Employee's Retirement System (PERS) provided however, upon the request of the City, the parties will re -open this Article 19.1.8 to meet and confer on modifying 19.1.8 to provide a different group health plan. It is understood that any change from the group health plans offered by the California Public Employee's Retirement System (PERS) will only be made by mutual agreement between the City of Redwood City and the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 2400. June 15, 2011 - City