1983-03-16 Regular Meeting La Porte City Council

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• • • Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council March 16, 1983, Page 4 A motion was made by Councilperson Westergren to approve and adopt Resolution No. 83-7 as read. Second by Councilperson Pfeiffer. The motion carried, 9 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Matuszak, Graves, Pfeiffer, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Cline Nays: None 13. The Council considered awarding the bid for City of La Porte employee health insurance. City Manager Owen advised Council that after review and comparison of the bids submitted by nine (9) different bidders, the staff recommends a self- insurance program administered by contract for administrative services only by Fred S. James & Associates with The Hartford as the underwriter. Councilperson Westergren left the Council table. A motion was made by Councilperson Matuszak to award the bid for City of La Porte health insurance to Fred S. James for Administrative Services only with The Hartford as underwaiters. Second by Councilperson Longley. The motion failed with 4 ayes, 0 nays, 4 abstain. Ayes: Councilpersons Longley, Matuszak,,Graves, Pfeiffer Nays: None Abstain: Councilpersons Malone, Gay, Skelton and Mayor Cline Councilperson Westergren returned to the Council table. There was lengthy discussion of the insurance bids and proposals. A motion was made by Councilperson Westergren to table a decision on the insurance bid to a special called meeting next week. Second y Councilperson Skelton. The motion carried, 7 ayes and 2 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Graves, Pfeiffer, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Cline Nays: Councilpersons Matuszak, Longley Attorney Askins advised Council the present health insurance policy will expire March 31 at 12:00 midnight and it will re- quire two full weeks to enroll the employees in the new program and get everything set up. Mayor Cline posed the question of the Council, "Do you wish, in the light of this new information, to put this matter back on the agenda for consideration tonight?"