HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-30-10 Regular Meeting of the Chapter 172 Employee Retiree Insurance and Benefits Board Meeting Chapter 172 Employee Retiree Insurance and Benefits Board Meeting
Meeting Minutes for the meeting held on
November 30, 2010
1. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Heather Weger at 1:38 pm
Members Present: Michael Dolby, Clark Askins, Martha Gillett, Aaron Corrales, Juliane Graham, Matt
Daeumer, Heather Weger
Members Absent: George Van Dyke, Steve Valerius
2. Consider approval of minutes from September 28, 2010 meeting
Matt made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, Aaron seconded the motion, the motion passed.
3. Receive report on Claims for January 2010 — October 2010 from Aetna.
Heather Weger handed out a claims report from Aetna for the committee to review and informed the
Committee Maggie Parker would discuss the claims report at a later date.
4. Discuss Retiree Insurance premiums
Aaron stated he wanted the retiree premiums to be adjusted so that an employee, who meets all other
requirements to qualify for retiree medical coverage, and has 30 years of service to the City of La Porte will
retire paying the active employee /dependent rate for medical coverage at the time of their retirement. Martha
and Matt stated their recollection of the changes made to the Retiree Medical Coverage policy that took effect
January 1, 2006 were suppose to reflect this exactly and somehow it was never noted; and that the intent of
Council was 30 year employees who are eligible for retiree medical coverage would pay the active employee
rate and not 10% of the City's cost in addition to 100% of the dependent premiums. The Committee was in
agreement but asked Heather to do a cost analysis and the Committee would meet again to discuss further.
5. Make recommendation to City Council regarding Retiree Insurance premiums
There was no recommendation made
6. Administrative Reports
None
7. Board Comments
a. Matters appearing on the agenda
b. Inquiry of staff regarding specific factual information or existing policy
Juliane — none
Martha — Stated she was glad the committee was looking at this now.
Aaron —made mention that the first page (second paragraph) and the second page (third paragraph) conflict
with one another and the second page (third paragraph) should be taken out as a one time deferral already
exists according to this policy. Heather agreed the Retiree Policy needed to be cleaned up.
Matt — stated he was glad we are looking at this and he hopes we do the right thing by employees and the
City. He would like to see the 80 point rule placed on the next agenda for discussion as he would like to see
an option to opt out of the 80 point rule.
Clark — nothing
Michael — nothing
8. Adjournment
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 2:06 pm
Approved and passed this day q l- (1 `
Heather Weger