HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-47 Board Resolution for the City CouncilCity of Corcoran
County of Hennepin
State of Minnesota
CITY OF CORCORAN
RESOLUTION 2008 47
MOTION BY:
SECONDED BY:
Tho
mas
Grabowski
BOARD RESOL�JTION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORCORAN
The undersigned, constituting the members of the City C
Corcoran (the "Employer"), a Minnesota governmental entity,
resolutions in writing pursuant to applicable Minnesota law.
ouncil ("Council") of the City of
do hereby adopt the following
WHEREAS, the Employer previously adopted the City of Corcoran Health Reimbursement
Arrangement (the "Plan") effective January 1, 2007;
WHEREAS, Article XI of the Plan provides that it may be amended, in whole or in part, at any
time, by the Managing Body of the Employer;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, as the Managing Body of the Employer, the Council
hereby amends the Plan by adopting the amendment attached here to, effective January 1, 2009,
providing the following:
• Participants will be allowed to suspend their participation in the Plan for a future Plan Year
by submitting a Health Reimbursement Arrangement Suspension Election Form to the
Employer before the beginning of that Plan Year.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council hereby authorizes
Administrator of the City of Corcoran to take such actions as it may
appropriate to the effectuate the foregoing resolutions,
and directs the city
deem necessary and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council hereby authorizes and directs the City
Administrator of the city of Corcoran to act on behalf of the Employer to certify the force and effect
A the foregoing resolutions as may appear necessary
VOTING AYE
X Guenthner, Ken
X Grabowski, Chuck
X Hudok, Christopher
X Jacobs, Paul
X Thomas, Ron
VOTING NAY
Guenthner, Ken
Grabowski, Chuck
Hudok, Christopher
Jacobs, Paul
Thomas, Ron
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Whereupon, said Resolution is hereby declared adopted on this 22 day of December, 2008.
ATTEST:
Kim Bachm
City Cler
Ken Guenthner, Mayor
City Seal
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PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE
CITY OF CORCORAN
HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENT
Pursuant to the authority retained by the Employer under Section 11.1 of the City
of Corcoran Health Reimbursement Arrangement (the "Plan"), the Plan is hereby
amended as follows, effective January 1, 2009:
❖ Anew definition "Suspension Election Form" has been added to Article II
"DEFINITIONS".
Suspension Election Form means the form provided by the Claims Administrator
for the purpose of allowing a Participant to suspend his or her HRA Account for the
P Ian Year.
❖ Anew Section 4.7 "Election to Suspend HRA Account" has been added.
4.7 Election to Suspend HRA Account. A Participant may elect to suspend his or
her HRA Account for any future Plan Year by submitting a Suspension Election
Form to the Plan Administrator before the beginning of that Plan Year.
a) The Participant's suspension election will remain in effect for the entire
Plan Year to which it applies, and the Participant may not modify or
revoke the election during that Plan Year. The Participant will not receive
reimbursements for any eligible Health Care Expenses incurred during the
Plan Year to which the suspension election applies.
b) During the suspended Plan Year, a Participant will also not receive
reimbursements for any eligible Health Care Expenses incurred in the Plan
Year before the suspension election becomes effective.
c) If a Participant suspends his or her HRA Account for a Plan Year, the
Employer will not make any contributions to the HRA Account during
that Plan Year.
❖ Section 5.3 of the Plan titled "Claims for Reimbursement" has been changed to read
as follows:
5.3 Claims for Reimbursement. A Participant may elect to make claims under this
Plan by completing and submitting a claim form or, if such service is provided by
the Claims Administrator, to have claims under this Plan made automatically on
his/her behalf as further described below. Such an election shall be made by
completing a form provided by the Plan Administrator. If no such election form
is submitted, the Participant must make claims via claim forms. An election
regarding the filing of claims may be changed at any time by a Participant upon
submitting a new election form to the Plan Administrator.
determined in accordance with Article VII.
Claims shall be
a) Claims for reimbursement made by claim form shall be made by
completing and submitting such form to the Claims Administrator, The
Claims Administrator is entitled to rely upon the information provided on
the claim form in processing claims under this Plan. A claim must be
submitted for payment within twelve (12) calendar months following the
close of the Plan Year in which the Health Care Expense was incurred.
Where circumstances beyond the Participant's control prevent submission
within the described time frame, notice of a claim with an explanation of
the circumstances may be accepted by the Claims Administrator as a
timely filing.
b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, if a Participant elects to suspend
his or her HRA Account pursuant to Section 4.7 above, during the
suspended Plan Year, the Participant will not be permitted to submit
claims for reimbursement of any eligible Health Care Expenses incurred in
the Plan Year before the suspension election becomes effective.
c) Automatic claims reimbursement, if such service is provided by the
Claims Administrator, shall be available to Participants actively employed
by the Employer for Health Care Expenses describe in Section 2.15(a)(i).
Such claims will be electronically transferred from the HD Health Plan
carrier to the Claims Administrator for processing.
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