HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2012-091 Resolution Amending the County Commissioners Retiree Health Insurance Eligibility RES-2012-091 5
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION AMENDING THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTION FOR COMMISSIONER
BENEFITS POLICY
WHEREAS,pursuant to NCGS §153A-93 counties are authorized to provide health insurance benefits
to all or any class of former officers or employees of the county; and
WHEREAS, in 2009 NCGS §153A-93 was amended to require such former officers or employees to
provide not less than ten years of service before they become eligible to receive such benefits upon
their separation from a county; and
WHEREAS, in 2003 the Orange County Board of Commissioners amended the County Contribution
for Commissioner Benefits Policy to provide former County Commissioners who have served less than
two full terms health insurance benefits at 100% of the County's cost and to provide former County
Commissioners who have served at least two full terms health insurance benefits at the same cost as a
former permanent employee with ten years' service to Orange County; and
WHEREAS, at the June 19, 2012 regular meeting of the Orange County Board of Commissioners the
Board amended the Orange County Code of Ordinances to, among other things, provide former
permanent employees access to health insurance provided the former employee had, at the time of
separation, at least 20 years' continuous service to Orange County for those under 65, ten years'
continuous service for those 65 or over or who are on a disability retirement, and to end enrollment in
the county's group benefit for those former permanent employees eligible for Medicare; and
WHEREAS, at the October 2, 2012 regular meeting of the Orange County Board of Commissioners
the Board unanimously voted to amend the County Contribution for Commissioner Benefits Policy to
authorize access to health insurance benefits for former commissioners upon the same terms and
conditions as such benefits are provided to former permanent employees of Orange County.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,that the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby
amends Section IX of the County Contribution for Commissioner Benefits Policy to authorize the
provision of health insurance benefits to former commissioners upon the same terms and conditions as
such benefits are provided to former permanent employees of Orange County by Chapter 28 of the
Orange County Code of Ordinances.
This the 16t" day of October 2012.
Bernadette Pelissier, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners
Attest:
Cle the Board of Commissioners