HomeMy WebLinkAboutr 10461 affordable care actRESOLUTION NO. 10461(2013 Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO ESTABLISHING
THE CITY'S INTENT TO COMPLY WITH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
EMPLOYER SHARED RESPONSIBILITY (ACA)
\ryHEREAS, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in March 2010. Implementation
is phased in over eight years with significant changes, which include the Employer Shared
Responsibility provisions, becoming effective January 1,2015; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Luis Obispo wishes to establish policy guidelines for a fiscally
responsible method of compliance under the ACA, on the basis of minimizing the City's exposure
to the ACA tax penalties; and
WHERB,AS, the City of San Luis Obispo is committed to offer health insurance that
provides Minimum Essential Coverage, Minimum Value and meets the ACA definition of
Affordable.
NO\ry, THEREFORB, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo hereby approves and adopts policy guidelines in compliance with the ACA as follows:
SECTION 1. Measurement Period. The Standard Measurement Period for the City of San
Luis Obispo shall be twelve months.
SECTION 2. Safe Harbor Provision. The City of San Luis Obispo hereby adopts the "Rate
of Pay Safe Harbor" as the method to ensure health insurance is Affordable.
SECTION 3. Temporary employees of the City of San Luis Obispo who qualif' as full-
time under the definition of the ACA shall be offered health insurance that is affordable, as defined
by the ACA.
SECTION 4. City of San Luis Obispo will comply with all benefit administration, record
keeping and reporting requirements of the ACA.
SECTION 5. After review and consultation with the Human Resources Director and the
City Manager to determine appropriate levels of City contributions to ensure continued compliance,
the Director of Finance and Information Technology is hereby directed to calculate the amount of
any appropriations necessary to finance the costs associated with the requirements of maintaining
compliance with the ACA and shall include such appropriations in future Financial Plan forecasts
and budgets, beginning with the2014-15 Fiscal Year.
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Upon motion of Vice Mayor Smith, seconded by Council Member Christianson, and on the
following roll call vote:
Council Members Ashbaugh and Christianson, Vice Mayor Smith and
Mayor Marx
Council Member Carpenter
None
The foregoing resolution was adopted this 1't day of October 2013.
Marx
ATTEST:
, MMC
Interim City Clerk
APPROVED AS FORM
J. Christine Dietrick
City Attomey
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT: