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PORT OF SEATTLE

RESOLUTION NO. 3687

Effective November 19, 2013

RESOLUTION NO. 3687

A RESOLUTION of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle
adopting the Association of Washington Cities
("AWC") Employee Benet Trust Health Care
Program Interlocal Agreement.

BE IT RESOLVED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle as follows:

WHEREAS, the Association of Washington Cities Employee Benet Trust (the "Trust") is an
entity to which contributions by cities and towns and non-city entities organized and existing
under the Constitution or laws of the State of Washington and who are members of the Trust
("Participating Cities and Towns," and "Participating Non-City Entities") and their employees
can be paid and through which the Board of Trustees of the Trust ("Trustees") provides one or

more insured health and welfare benet plans or programs to Participating Cities and Towns'
and Non-City Entities' employees, their dependents and other beneciaries ("Beneciaries"), on
whose behalf the contributions were paid; and

WHEREAS, the Trust qualies as a voluntary employee beneciary association within the
meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code, providing for the payment of life,
sick, accident or other benets to Beneciaries; and

WHEREAS, the Trust and Participating Cities and Towns and Non-City Entities have
determined that it is in the best interest of Participating Cities and Towns and Non-City Entities
to jointly self-insure certain health benet plans and programs for Beneciaries through a
designated account within the Trust, while at the same time having the Trust continue as the
entity to which other insured health and welfare benet program contributions are paid and
through which insured health and welfare benet plans and programs are provided to
Beneciaries; and

WHEREAS, it appears economically feasible and practical for the parties to do so; and

WHEREAS, Chapter 48.62 RCW provides that two or more local government entities may, by
Interlocal agreement under chapter 39.34 RCW, jointly self-insure health benet plans and
programs, and/or jointly hire risk management services for such plans or programs by any one or
more of certain specied methods; and

WHEREAS, the Association of Washington Cities Employee Benet Trust Interlocal Agreement
(the "Interlocal Agreement") attached hereto creates a joint self-insured health and welfare
benet program (the "Health Care Program") to be administered by the Trustees for the purposes
of providing self-insured health benets to Beneciaries; and

WHEREAS, WAC 200-110-030 requires every local government entity participating in a joint
self-insurance health and welfare benet program to adopt such program by resolution; and

WHEREAS, Chapter 48.62 requires Health Care Program assets to be managed consistent with
existing authority over use of municipal funds in RCW 35.39.030. The Trust will manage Health

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Care Program reserves in compliance with Chapter 48.62 RCW; RCW 3539.030, and the Health
Care Program Investment Policy; and

WHEREAS, all premium contributions for use in the Health Care Program are deposited into a
designated account within the Trust, the Health Care Program Account (the "HCP Account"),
and the HCP Account represents a pool of funds that is independent of all other Trust or AWC
funds; and

WHERAS, the Trust intends to manage the HCP Account assets in compliance with federal and
state laws and the Interlocal Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle believes it is in the best interest of the Health Care Program to
allow the Trust to manage the HCP Account;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Interlocal Agreement creating the Health
Care Program is hereby adopted.

RESOLVED, that by adopting such Agreement, the Port of Seattle acknowledges that it
shall be subject to assessments as required by the Health Care Program.

ADOPTED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle this \'l'M day of
lhlemmbu/  ,
2013, and duly authenticated in open session by the signatures of the
Commissioners voting in favor thereof and he eal  the Commission.

BlLL BRYANT

COURTNEY GREGOIRE

TOM ALBRO

JOHN'CREIGHTON

STEPHANIE BOWMAN
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