HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2024-018 Appointing Board Members to the Marana Health Care Benefits Trust Board MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2024-018
RELATING TO BENEFITS; APPOINTING YIANNIS KALAITZIDIS AS A TRUSTEE
FOR THE MARANA HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TRUST FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM
AND MAKING ADDITIONAL TRUSTEE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE MARANA
HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TRUST, RETROACTIVELY EFFECTIVE FROM
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
WHEREAS on August 6, 2019,the Town Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-068,
establishing the Marana Health Care Benefits Trust (MHCBT) and approving the Trust
Document, to satisfy the requirements of Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) Section 11-981;
and
WHEREAS section 3.02 of the Trust Document provides that there shall be five
Trustees for the Trust,that no Trustee may be a current or former member of the Council,that
no Trustee may be a former employee of the Town, and that no more than one Trustee may be
an employee of the Town; and
WHEREAS the Trust Document also provides that each Trustee shall serve a four-year
term, except that the initial terms for the first five Trustees shall be as follows: two Trustees
to serve an initial term of two years; and three Trustees to serve an initial term of four years;
and
WHEREAS on November 19, 2019, the Town Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-
118 appointing the initial Trustees for the MHCBT, and on December 20, 2022, the Town
Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-132 reappointing two of the members who had served
faithfully during their initial two-year term; and
WHERAS there are currently five vacancies on the MHCBT resulting from two
Trustees resigning from their positions prior to the expiration of their term on November 19,
2025, and resulting from the three other Trustees' terms expiring on November 19, 2023; and
WHEREAS Town staff has solicited applications to fill four of the five vacant
positions and has received applications from Steve Crooks and Tamera Bhatti,who both meet
the minimum requirements as set forth in the Trust Document for appointment to the Board;
and
WHEREAS Town staff also recommends the reappointment of the Town's Finance
Director, Yiannis Kalaitzidis, as a Trustee for the Marana Health Care Benefits Trust; and
WHEREAS the Mayor and Council find that the appointments addressed by this
resolution are in the best interest of the Town and its citizens.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF MARANA, that Yiannis Kalaitzidis is hereby appointed as a Trustee for the
Marana Health Care Benefits Trust for a four-year term, retroactively effective from November
20, 2023, and that 54p„,,,, (',- /cs and ,,,,e_ry k4q-t/; are
hereby appointed as Trustees for the Marana Health Care Benefits Trust for four-year terms,
retroactively effective from November 20, 2023.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana, Arizona,
this 20th day of February, 2024.
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ATTEST: APPR ED AS TO FORM:
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David L. Udall, Town Clerk Fairall, Town Attorney
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