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<br />Chapter 172 Emplovee Retiree Insurance and Benefits Board MeetinQ Minutes <br /> <br />Notice is hereby given of a regular meeting of the Chapter 172 Employee Retiree Insurance and <br />Benefits Board to be held on January 12, 2010 at 5:30 PM, at City Hall in the Council Chambers, <br />604 West Fairmont Pkwy, La Porte, Texas, regarding the items according to the agenda below: <br /> <br />1. Call to Order <br />The meeting was called to order at 5:34 pm. <br /> <br />2. Administer Oaths of Office to new members. <br />Oaths of office were administered to new members, Matt Daeumer and Aaron Corrales <br /> <br />3. Consider approval of minutes from October 15, 2008 meeting <br />Motion was made by matt Daeumer to approve the minutes, Clark Askins seconded the <br />motion. The motion carried. <br /> <br />4. Discuss City of La Porte's Medical Insurance <br />Ron Bottoms presented to the Committee that the City had received a quote from TML for <br />medical administrative costs. The analysis showed it could possibly save the City $40,000 <br />annually in comparison to the City's current carrier. Ron also presented the fact that there <br />should be some correlation between claims and employee premiums. He distributed a <br />handout that explained a proposed formula. Martha agreed that the idea of a formula does <br />make sense. Matt agreed the formula made since, but was concerned about the possible <br />impact on the employees. Clark suggested imposing some sort of cap on the cost. Julianne <br />mentioned she liked the accountability factor of the formula. <br /> <br />5. Discuss City of La Porte's Dental Insurance <br />The idea of self-funding the dental plan with a local network was discussed. <br /> <br />6. Administrative Reports <br /> <br />7. Board Comments <br />a. Matters appearing on the agenda <br />b. Inquiry of staff regarding specific factual information or existing policy <br />Matt requested cost reports to show medical claims and prescriptions and the discounts we <br />are actually receiving with Aetna. He also questioned the role of the Chapter 172 Board as <br />trustees or an advisory board. He requested the required training for new board members, <br />more scheduled meetings to stay on top of things. <br />Martha agreed with Matt regarding the training and the role of the board <br />Clark Askins said he would look in to Chapter 172 and what the role of the committee should <br />be. <br />Julianne would like to have more scheduled meetings to monitor where we are. <br />George VanDyke also requested the training. <br /> <br />8. Adjournment <br />The meeting was adjourned at 6: 13 pm <br /> <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br /> <br />~e ~d1'\ }-\ ! ! lec';0 '\ <br />