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16.5 Dental <br /> <br />The City will provide a dental plan (comparable to the one in existence during 1998) at its full expense, <br />including a maximum orthodontia coverage of $1,500. <br /> <br />16.6 Long-Term Disability <br /> <br />The City shall pay to the Union the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) as the monthly premium of each <br />employee enrolled in the union's long term disability plan. Said payments shall be made in arrears monthly. <br />Should the monthly premium of the Union's long term disability plan drop below fifteen dollars per month, <br />the dollar difference shall be added one time to the rate of pay set forth in Section 5.1 of this agreement. <br /> <br />16.7 Extended Benefits <br /> <br />The City will consider voluntary proposals from the Union's membership to utilize their benefits to extend <br />the benefits of an individual on protracted medical leave. <br /> <br />16.8 Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance for <br /> Represented Fire Prevention Personnel <br /> <br />The original City of Pleasanton Fire Inspectors, who were represented by PCEA, are represented by <br />IAFF Local 1974 as of 8/1/96. Correspondingly, the PECA Life Insurance benefit of $35,000 was <br />reduced to the Local 1974 benefit of $25,000 life insurance and $25,000 accidental death and <br />dismemberment benefit. Some of this reduction was offset by an increase in LTD benefits that local <br />1974 members received. <br /> <br />16.9 Employee Assistance Program <br /> <br />The parties have agreed to be covered by, and have LPFD provide an Employee Assistance Program. <br />Section 17. Retirement <br /> <br />17.1 Retirement Plan <br /> <br />The Department shall continue to provide the PERS 2% at 50 retirement plan to include the present 1959 <br />Survivors and One Year Highest compensation options at the Department's expense. The Department <br />contracts with PERS for the Fourth Level 1959 PERS Survivors Benefit. <br /> <br />The negotiating teams have conditionally agreed to the implementation of a merged PERS retirement <br />plan, to be effectuated on or about August 15, 1998 as stated in the most recent actuarial survey the <br />cities have received from PERS. The current Pleasanton employees being credited an employee <br />contribution rate of 10.75% will be grandfathered at such rate. All current Livermore employees and <br />new hires will be credited with a 9% employee rate. <br /> <br /> 21 <br /> <br /> <br />