HomeMy WebLinkAboutCSEA Contract AGREEMENT made as of this 8th day of January
19S0, by and among SUFFOLK COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
WELFARE FU~D, having its principal office at 350 Vanderbitt Motor Park-
way, Hauppauge, New York (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the
"Welfare Fund"); THE TO%~N OF SOUTHOLD, a municipal corporation of the
State of New York, having its principal office at 50395 Main Street,
Southold, Suffolk County, New York (hereinafter sometimes referred to
as the "Town"); and THE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC.,
SUFFOLK CHAPTER, SOUTHOLD TO%'rN UNIT (hereinafter sometimes referred to
as the "Unit"),
W I TN E S S E TH :
WHEREAS, an ~nendment to the Agreement and Declaration of
Trust of the Welfare Fund provides that coverage may be extended to
employees of towns, villages, school districts, and other governmental
bodies "covered by Collective Bargaining Agreement with Units of the
Association, for ~vhom the trustees agroe to extend coverage and for
whom the employer agrees to make contributions to the Welfare Fund;"
and
%~HEREAS, by Agreement bet%.;een the To%¢n of Southold and
The Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Suffolk Chapter, Southold
Town Unit, it was agreed that effective January 1, 1980, the Town will
make appropriate contributions to the %~elfare Fund for the employees
covered by t21at agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees of the Welfare Fund on the
day of December 3 , 1979 agreed to extend coverage to t]~e employees
represented by the Unit, subject to the ezecution of an appropriate
agreement by and between the Town,, the Unit and the Welfare Fund,
NOW, THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed as follows:
1. Effective as of January 1, 1980, the Town agrees to
make contributions to the Welfare Fund on behalf of employees repre-
sented by the Unit, as more fully described in an appendix to this Agree-
ment, in an amount equivalent to contributions made on behalf of
employees covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the
County and the SUFFOLK CHAPTER CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATIOL~, INC.
as follows:
$250.00 PER COVERED EMPLOYEE FOR THE CALENDAR
YEAR 1980.
2. Tho Welfare Fund agrees to provide covered employees
and eligible dependents represented by the Unit with any and all bene-
fits provided all other covered members of the Welfare Fund and the
eligible dependents of said members, under the same terms and conditions.
3. It is also understood and neither the officials of
the Town nor the officers and members of the Unit will place any demand
on the County of Suffolk, The Suffolk Chapter Civil Service Employees
Association and/or the Welfare Fund to have their representatives placed
on the Board of Trustees of said Welfare Fund. Further, the officials
of thc Town and the officers and members of the Unit will have no right
to involve themselves in po]icy, administration and/or benefits other
than the rights given to covered members of the Welfare Fund.
Notwithstanding the above, it is understood and agreed
that the Welfare Fund shall establish a co~nittee, to be co-chaired by
two of its Trustees, known as the Advisory Committee, members of which
shall be selected from and be comprised of, representatives from various
groups representing non-county employees. This Advisory Committee would
have as its role, among other things, the right to advise the Board of
Trustees with regard to additional benefits, upgrading of services and
needs of the particular Unit or Units of non-county employees represented
thereby.
under
Town-provided dental plans,
the Town and the Unit agree
upon the payover of same to
4. Any and all reserves attributable to the Unit, whether
the control of an insurance carrier or otherwise, arising from
Unit agree to use their best efforts to effectuate
reserves to the ~elfare Fund.
shall be paid over to the Welfare Fund and
that their rights to same shall terminate
the Welfare Fund; further, the Town and the
the payover of said
5. This contract shall terminate on December 31, 1980.
6. Payment to the Welfare Fund by the Town of Southold
shall be made in advance on a bi-monthly basis. It is understood that
the amount of such pre-payment shall be based on the number of employees
on the last payroll preceding such pre-payment. It is further understood
that there shall be a reconciliation at the conclusion of each ~o month
period whereby additional payments shall be made for employees added to
the payroll during the t%~o month period but after the payment date,
and whereby deductions shall be made in an amount equivalent of one
month's contributions for employees who are terminated during the first
month of the payment period.
The payments to the Welfare Fund shall be accompanied
by such payroll reports as required by the Welfare Fund to verify eligi-
bility for benefits under the Welfare Fund's plan of benefits and shall
be in a form satisfactory to the Welfare Fund for those purposes.
The Town shall be responsible for notifying the Welfare
Fund of the termination of employees for whom contributions had been made
to the Welfare Fund, so that the Welfare Fund shall be in the position
to appropriately determine eligibility for benefits payable to such em-
ployees. It is understood that the failure to properly notify the L~elf_~re
Fund of such terminations will render the Town responsible for the inap-
propriate benefit payments made by the Welfare Fund and the Town agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless the Welfare Fund in such event.
7. The Town and thc Unit agree to abide by and be
absolutely bound by the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Suffolk
County Civil Service Employees Association Welfare Fund and the Agreement
and Declaration of Trust of the Suffolk County Civil Service Employees
Association Legal Services Fund and any modifications and amendments
that may be adopted to said Trust Agreement during the term of this
Agreement.
8. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of
this Agreement, it is understood by and between the parties hereto, that
the provisions hereof shall be subject to the }>revisions of the contract
between the Town and the Unit dated -~.~ay 11, 1979.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto set their
respective hands and seals the day and year first above written.
THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD:
BY:william R. Pell III, Superviso~
THE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC.,
SUFFOLK CHAPTER, SOUTHQLD TOWN UNIT
SUFFOLK COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE E~.IPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
WELFARE FUND
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