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MINUTES City Council P9ar~ch 9, 1988 Fmpl oyee LaVal l e r•evie~ved wi th the Counci 1 hi s r~epor•t r•egar•di ng empl oyee heal th Health insur~ance cover~age. Insur•ance Fahey commented on the fact that the Building Inspector• is not included Agency in the HMO coverage along with the rest of the City's employees, and Item PJo. 17 that this policy was established with a pr~evious Building Inspector~. Fahey suggested that this polic,y should be changed, and all employees tr•eated on the same basis. Fahey also felt that the City should pr~ovide 100% of the cost of health insur~ance for~ the individual employees, and that a fixed amount be set for~ family cover~age. LaValle agreed and commented that if the cost of family coverage increases over• the fixed amount, then the employee would be r•esponsible for• paying that incr•ease. Scalze asked about pr~oblems City employees have had with SHARE, the City's cur~r•ent HMO. LaValle explained these pr~oblems. Blesener• commented that the pr•oblems employees have had in the past would probably be experienced with any HMO. Fahey pointed out that the City is cur~r•ently paying $73.94 for• individual employee coverage per month and A180 for family coverage. Fahey sugqested that this r•ate be established for• futur•e year~s, with the City paying 100% of the employee coverage and $180 towards family coverage. The Council discussed the health insur~ance cover~age pr•ovided by the County to its employees, with the Council noting that the City could obtain health insurance cover•age for its employees through the County, however, the cost is higher~ than the cur~r•ent cover•age the City has. The City Clerk r•epor~ted that State Legislatur•e is looking into pr•oviding health insur•ance cover•age for• municipal employees and a pr•ogr•am could be available by Januar•y of 1989. Fahey suggested that this was an alter•native the City could consider• in the futur~e. Fahey felt that the City should continue paying 100% of health insur~ance costs for~ employees and their~ dependents for~ 1988, but fix an amount that the City would pay for~ dependent cover•age for• subsequent year•s with employees picking up any incr•ease over• that amount. Blesener• pointed out that the Council can r•eview this each year•~~ith consider•ation being given to incr•easing the City's contr~ibution for dependent cover•age. P9r~. Blesener• intr•oduced the following r~esolution and moved its adoption: Page -15-