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guidelines of the plan document. All employees are provided access to a <br />copy of a plan document each year. <br />(2) Short and Long -Term Disabilitv. Short and Long -Term Disability shall be <br />as set forth in the City's Employee Handbook, as it may be amended from <br />time to time, which is incorporated herein by reference. <br />(3) Pavment for Election to Leave Emolover's Comprehensive Maior <br />Medical Insurance ProLyram. The City shall pay one hundred and thirty <br />($130) per month ($65 bi-weekly) to any Employee who elects to leave the <br />City's comprehensive major medical insurance program to be covered by <br />another program for which the City makes no contribution. This election <br />shall not be mandatory, and the Employee who made such election may <br />return to the City's comprehensive major medical Insurance Program, <br />provided that the conditions are a Qualifying Life Event or Open Enrollment <br />of the City's Comprehensive Major Medical Insurance Program, and the <br />contributions specified herein are made, but in such event said Employee <br />shall forfeit the one hundred and thirty dollar ($130) payment per month <br />thereafter. <br />(4) Life Insurance. The City shall provide term life insurance coverage in an <br />amount lx annual salary rounded up to the nearest $1,000 for each benefit <br />eligible employee except for Police and Fire which are at set forth in the <br />collective bargaining agreement. Such insurance shall become effective upon <br />the award of a group life insurance bid by the Board of Public Works, or <br />upon the beginning of the plan year, whichever is later. <br />(5) Benefit Waiting Period. The City notes that life insurance and <br />comprehensive major Medical Insurance programs require a minimum <br />eligibility period of thirty (30) days; and that the long-term disability <br />program requires a minimum ninety (90) day eligibility period which must be <br />met. <br />(f) Hiring Bonus. The City Clerk, may, at his/her discretion, offer a Hiring Bonus to a <br />new employee as an incentive for the employee to accept the position offered. This <br />Bonus will be paid to the employee in addition to the salary set forth in the Salary <br />Ordinance. The range of these monetary bonuses will be from one hundred ($100) to <br />four thousand dollars ($4,000). <br />(g) Earlv Retirement Incentives. The City Clerk shall have discretion to offer an early <br />retirement incentive program that may take the form of a bonus upon retirement for <br />years of service or assistance with health insurance for a retiree who is not Medicare <br />eligible. Such assistance shall not exceed one (1) year. Any such bonus or <br />assistance must be approved by the City Clerk and Controller and is subject to <br />appropriation by the Common Council before any such bonus or assistance may be <br />paid. <br />I.C. 5-10.2-3-1.2 permits employers to purchase one year for every five years of <br />service for employees in PERF covered positions under certain conditions. The City <br />Clerk shall have discretion to offer such early retirement incentive program, pursuant <br />to statute, after consultation with the Controller and after appropriation by the <br />Common Council. <br />(h) Other ivlonetary Fringe Benefits. All other fringe benefits shall be as set forth in <br />the City's Employee Handbook as it may be amended from time to time. <br />Section III. Employee Definitions <br />(a) Full -Time Emalovee. Full-time employees are those employees who are regularly <br />scheduled to work forty (40) hours per week, or a reduced full-time schedule of thirty <br />(30) hours or more per week as approved by the City Clerk on a voluntary basis. <br />