Resolution 9482 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS 2.1 Advisory Committee(s) means committees appointed by the Board of Trustees in accordance with Section 4.8 of this Agreement which are representative of the Participants as deemed appropriate by the Board of Trustees for this purpose or recommending policies, procedures and actions to the Board of Trustees. 2.2 Agreement means this Joint Powers Agreement as the same may be amended from time to time. This document, and all other documents in the same form executed (or deemed executed as provided in Section 9 of the Agreement) by SC and other Participant Members, all as amended from time to time, shall together constitute a single Agreement. 2.3 Joint Powers Board means the Risk Management Pool Board of Trustees (hereinafter referred to as "Trustees") authorized to exercise certain powers of the Participant Members, as permitted in Minn. Stat. 471.59, Subd. 2 and as set forth in this agreement. 2.4 CBA means collective bargaining agreement. 2.5 CBA Employee Benefits means employee welfare and retirement benefits made available by the Trustees from time to time for adoption by a Participant pursuant to the terms of a CBA, and may include, but shall not be limited to health benefits coverage, wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability income protection, dental insurance, flexible spending programs, retirement programs and long term care insurance. In no event shall any Discretionary Employee Benefits be considered CBA Employee Benefits unless and until they become part of a collective bargaining agreement between a union and a Participant. 2.6 Discretionary Employee Benefits means employee welfare and retirement benefits made available by the Trustees from time to time for adoption by a Participant, exclusive of any CBA Employee Benefits, and may include, but shall not be limited to health benefits coverage, wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability income protection, dental insurance, flexible spending programs, retirement programs and long term care insurance. Discretionary Employee Benefits may be terminated or reduced by the Trustees at any time. In the event any Discretionary Employee Benefit is terminated by the Trustees but continued by one or more Participants, the provision of such Discretionary Employee Benefit shall become the sole responsibility of such Participants. 2.7 Group Contract shall mean an agreement for the rendering of services by and between a Participant and a Provider of such services. In connection with the self-insurance of employee health benefits, such an agreement may also mean a Participant's agreement to participate in a program of self- insurance. 2.8 Group Employee Benefits shall mean CBA Employee Benefits and Discretionary Employee Benefits, 2.9 Other Financial and Risk Management Services may include, but shall not be limited to, technical advice regarding borrowing programs, contracted legal services, property/casualty safety group protection, personal property and casualty protection, student accident, coverage and other services as made available by Group Contract for Participants from time to time by the Trustees. 4 Rev. 712015