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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />CrtifMcil meeting <br />JUN 1 0 2002 <br />CITY OF OROMO <br />DATE: June 7,2002 <br />ITEM NO: ^ <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Ron Moorse <br />Title City Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />City Administratoi's <br />Report <br />Item Description: Amendment No. 2 to the LOGIS Joint Powers Agreement <br />Attached is a letter from the LOGIS group explaining a proposed amendment to the LOGIS Joint and <br />Cooperative Agreement that reflects the administration of a cooperative health and medical insurance <br />program as a function of the LOGIS organization. The City of Orono is a participating member of <br />LOGIS, an organization of 20-pIus cities who originally joined together to provide data processing <br />services to member cities, and who also in 1988 have cooperatively purchased and administered a <br />group health and medical insurance program. <br />Also attached to the letter is a proposed new bylaw and amended Group Health and Life Insurance <br />Policies and Procedures. The proposed new bylaw and amended policies relate to provisions <br />regarding withdrawing from the LOGIS health care program. The proposed amendments require a <br />city to pay to the LOGIS group liquidated damages if it withdraws from the health insurance program <br />without giving notice by July 1 of the year preceding its year of withdrawal. This amendment is to <br />protect the integrity of the joint purchasing group of cities. <br />A resolution approving the amendment to the Joint and Cooperative Agreement is attached for <br />Council adoption. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Motion to adopt the attached resolution authorizing an amendment to the LOGIS Joint and <br />Cooperative Agreement to include as part of the purpose of the organization the administration of <br />a program providing group health, life, accident, and other insurance and personnel benefits.