HomeMy WebLinkAboutBPW-10-03-12-04 Wellness Funding RESOLUTION BP W-10-03-12-04
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING WELLNESS EXPENSES
TO BE PAID FROM THE MEDICAL ESCROW FUND
WHEREAS, Ordinance D-1048, passed by the Common Council of the City of Carmel,
Indiana, on February 21, 1994, established the City of Carmel Medical Escrow Fund, to be used
to accumulate employee and employer insurance premium payments for qualified City employees
and Parks Department employees, and to pay benefits and administrative costs related to the City
of Carmel Employee Health Benefit Plan; and
WHEREAS, D-1048 authorizes excess funds in the Medical Escrow Fund to be utilized
to provide additional benefits for full-time City employees, by resolution of the Board of Public
Works and Safety; and
WHEREAS, the success of the City's Wellness Program is closely associated with the
viability of the medical insurance plan, and is expected to have a significant positive impact on
employee quality of life and on the Medical Escrow Fund; and
WHEREAS, the costs of the Wellness Program can be paid from the Medical Escrow
Fund without affecting employer or employee insurance rates.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Clerk-Treasurer is authorized and
directed to pay all properly documented wellness expenses submitted to the Medical Escrow
Fund, up to a maximum of$45,000.00 in 2013 and in each year thereafter, unless and until that
limit is amended by the Board of Public Works and Safety.
CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA
By a i through its Board of Public . and Safety
e /0 :3- /
Al , e■-_____Ja'q- : .ainard, Presiding Officer Date
/ o - -/
Ma A Burke, Board Member Date
Abl� (0/,3it
Lori \Ja :on, Board Member Date
ATTE ,T: OP�� /1/ /0 .3
Diana Cordray, A► 'C, Clerk-Treasurer Date