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34 <br />coordination of payroll deductions and the remittance and reporting of contributions <br />to the MERP administrator. The City shall not incur any direct administrative fees <br />and will only consider a qualifying plan recognized under the Internal Revenue <br />Code. <br /> <br />16.3 Dental <br /> <br />The City shall contribute an amount necessary to provide dental care benefits for the individual <br />employees and eligible dependents. The City shall provide a lifetime maximum orthodontia <br />coverage of $2,000 for individual employees and each eligible dependent. <br /> <br />16.4 Life Insurance <br /> <br />The City shall contribute an amount necessary to provide $50,000 life and $50,000 accidental <br />death and dismemberment insurance coverage for individual full-time employees. <br /> <br />Employees may purchase, at their own expense and within the limits set by the insurance carrier, <br />additional amounts of life insurance under the existing policy. <br /> <br />16.5 Vision Care <br /> <br />A vision care plan will be provided as an option for employees and the cost of such coverage <br />shall be included in the 125 Plan (see Section 16.6). <br /> <br />16.6 Cafeteria Plan <br /> <br />An Internal Revenue Code Section 125 Cafeteria Plan is provided to each full-time employee <br />who is eligible to enroll in one of the medical insurance plans offered by the City but elects to <br />s vision care plan. Proof of alternative <br />. <br /> <br />The 125 Cafeteria Plan affords employees an opportunity to obtain plan credits for the purpose <br />of: (1) purchasing supplemental benefits; (2) redirecting credits to a flexible spending account; <br />or (3) cashing out credits at a rate of $0.35 on the dollar. Plan credits are based on the combined <br />sum of the monthly premiums for Kaiser employee-only medical coverage and the vision care <br />plan at family level coverage adjusted annually on a dollar-for-dollar basis to match any changes <br />in the monthly premiums. The maximum contribution limit for medical reimbursement under the <br />Section 125 Cafeteria Plan is $2,650 per year. <br /> <br />In the event an individual employee loses their primary coverage, the City will allow the employee <br />to re-en <br />coverage has been lost, thereby enabling the continuation of benefits to the employee. The City <br />will consider adding supplemental insurance products to the Cafeteria Plan to the extent such <br />benefits can be offered within an IRC 125 Plan on a pre-tax basis. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 228 of 674