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Regular Meeting City Council June 14, 2004 Page 27 person who quits is the City Manager. Mr. Anderson reminded her the City Council has direct control of the City Manager. Councilman Bell related that one of the reasons they didn't need to accumulate so much was because when they near retirement people, are, in fact, doing just that, taking off excessive amounts of time. He continued that although the supervisor has the authority to say no, the noes have not come very often. He said they also needed to look at other time that is accumulated. Mr. Anderson said that employees are given an attendance holiday if they miss no time during the quarter, for any reason, they are given one (1) day per quarter. There was a consensus that the attendance holiday was a good idea. Councilwoman Wilkerson asked if there was a policy in the personnel guide addressing the age of retirement or the years of service to qualify for retirement. Mr. Anderson said, excluding Civil Service, that in the TMRS system, you can retire at any age with twenty (20) years of services or with five (5) years of service at age sixty (60). On a question about someone retiring at age fifty-five (55), Councilman Guest explained that under the current plan, the medical benefits are covered by the City until you are sixty-five (65) years old and the City's obligation goes away. Councilman Wilson wanted to know if someone retired at age forty (40), would they get full medical benefits paid for by the City until age sixty-five (65). Mr. Anderson said that is potentially correct. Mr. Wilson said he had a problem with that because it was a huge liability for the City. Mayor Fendley explained that the cost was absorbed in the medical costs for the City employees. Councilman Wilson asked if this person retired early but went to work somewhere else, would he still be on the City's insurance. Mr. Anderson said as the policy stands now, he would be, because there is probably no way to find out if he got another job or not. Mr. Anderson agreed that is an issue that needs to be addressed, but he wasn't sure how. He suggested possibly setting a minimum age when a person could stay on the City's insurance.