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SECTION 2: <br /> DEFINITIONS <br /> 2.1 Advisory Committee(s)means committees appointed by the Board of Trustees in accordance <br /> with Section 4.8 of this Agreement which are representative of the Participants as deemed appropriate by <br /> the Board of Trustees for this purpose or recommending policies, procedures and actions to the Board of <br /> Trustees. <br /> 2.2 Agreement means this Joint Powers Agreement as the same may be amended from time to time. <br /> This document,and all other documents in the same form executed(or deemed executed as provided in <br /> Section 9 of the Agreement)by SC and other Participant Members,all as amended from time to time, <br /> shall together constitute a single Agreement. <br /> 2.3 Joint Powers Board means the Risk Management Pool Board of Trustees(hereinafter referred to <br /> as"Trustees")authorized to exercise certain powers of the Participant Members,as permitted in Minn. <br /> Stat. 471.59, Subd.2 and as set forth in this agreement. <br /> 2.4 CBA means collective bargaining agreement. <br /> 2.5 CBA Employee Benefits means employee welfare and retirement benefits made available by the <br /> Trustees from time to time for adoption by a Participant pursuant to the terms of a CBA,and may include, <br /> but shall not be limited to health benefits coverage, wellness and employee assistance programs, life <br /> insurance, disability income protection,dental insurance, flexible spending programs,retirement <br /> programs and long term care insurance. In no event shall any Discretionary Employee Benefits be <br /> considered CBA Employee Benefits unless and until they become part of a collective bargaining <br /> agreement between a union and a Participant. <br /> 2.6 Discretionary Employee Benefits means employee welfare and retirement benefits made <br /> available by the Trustees from time to time for adoption by a Participant, exclusive of any CBA <br /> Employee Benefits, and may include,but shall not be limited to health benefits coverage,wellness and <br /> employee assistance programs, life insurance,disability income protection, dental insurance, flexible <br /> spending programs,retirement programs and long term care insurance. Discretionary Employee Benefits <br /> may be terminated or reduced by the Trustees at any time. In the event any Discretionary Employee <br /> Benefit is terminated by the Trustees but continued by one or more Participants,the provision of such <br /> Discretionary Employee Benefit shall become the sole responsibility of such Participants. <br /> 2.7 Group Contract shall mean an agreement for the rendering of services by and between a <br /> Participant and a Provider of such services. In connection with the self-insurance of employee health <br /> benefits, such an agreement may also mean a Participant's agreement to participate in a program of self- <br /> insurance. <br /> 2.8 Group Employee Benefits shall mean CBA Employee Benefits and Discretionary Employee <br /> Benefits. <br /> 2.9 Other Financial and Risk Management Services may include,but shall not be limited to, <br /> technical advice regarding borrowing programs,contracted legal services,property/casualty safety group <br /> protection,personal property and casualty protection,student accident,coverage and other services as <br /> made available by Group Contract for Participants from time to time by the Trustees. <br /> 4 <br /> Rev. 7/2015 <br />