R-13-46 RESOLUTION NO. R-13-46
IRREVOCABLE ELECTION NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN VIRGINIA LOCAL
DISABILITY PROGRAM
WHEREAS,by enacting Chapter 11.1 of Title 51.1 of the Code of Virginia, the
Virginia General Assembly has established the Virginia Local Disability Program ("VLDP")
for the payment of short-term and long-term disability benefits for certain participants in the
hybrid retirement program described in Virginia Code § 51.1-169; and
WHEREAS, for purposes of VLDP administration, an employer with VLDP-eligible
employees may make an irrevocable election on or before November 1, 2013, requesting that
its eligible employees not participate in VLDP as of the VLDP effective date of January 1,
2014, because it has or will establish, and continue to maintain, comparable employer-paid
disability coverage for such employees that meets or exceeds the coverage set out in Chapter
11.1 of Title 51.1 of the Code of Virginia, with the exception of long term care coverage,by
January 1, 2014; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City of Fairfax, Agency Codes 55316 and 40231,to
make this irrevocable election to request that its eligible employees not participate in VLDP;
NOW,THEREFORE,IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the City of Fairfax
irrevocably elects not to participate in VLDP because it has or will establish, and continue to
maintain, comparable employer-paid disability coverage for such employees; and it is further
RESOLVED that, as an integral part of making this irrevocable election,the City of
Fairfax certifies that it has or will establish, and continue to maintain, comparable employer-
paid disability coverage for such employees.
ADOPTED this 22nd day of October, 2013.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
The vote on the motion to approve was recorded as follows:
VOTE:
Councilman DeMarco Aye
Councilman Drummond Aye
Councilman Greenfield Aye
Councilman Meyer Aye
Councilmember Schmidt Aye
Councilman Stombres Aye