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Chapter 172 Employee Retiree Insurance and Benefits Board Meeting Minutes for the meeting held on
Mav 5, 2011
1. CaII to Order
The meeting was called to order at 5:35 by Heather Weger
Members Present: Heather Weger, Matt Daeumer, Martha Gillett, Clark Askins, Aaron Corrales, Michael
Dolby
Members Absent: Juliane Graham, Steve Valerius, George VanDyke
2. Consider approval of minutes from March 31, 2011 meeting
Michael made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, Matt seconded the motion, the motion passed.
3. Discussion or other action on the Retiree Medical Benefits Policy
The Retiree Benefits policy was presented to the Committee for clarification of the one -time deferral clause as
well as whether 20 years was meant to be consecutive years of service or combined years of service. It was
determined by the Committee the one -time deferral option was only applicable to those retirees with 30 years
or more of service. The Committee also determined that to be eligible for retiree coverage an employee must
have 20 consecutive years of service with the City of La Porte. Matt made a motion to approve the changes
as mentioned, Clark seconded the motion; the motion passed.
4. Discussion or other action on the Request for Proposal Evaluations for Benefit Consultants
The seven proposals that were submitted in response to the RFP for Benefits Consulting Services were
discussed with the Committee. The Committee evaluated the proposals and the top three were chosen for
finalist's presentations. The three chosen were (1) McGriff, Seibels ad Williams of Texas, Inc. (evaluation
score 25.55); (2) Smith and Associates (evaluation score 23.50) and (3) Visicor (evaluation score 21.00). The
other proposal scores were as follows:
• Holmes- Murphy — 19.28
• Willis — 16.43
• USI — 14.65
• Gallagher — 13.63
5. Administrative Reports
None
6. Board Comments — Matters appearing on the agenda; Recognition of community members, city employees,
and upcoming events; Inquiry of staff regarding specific factual information or existing policy
Michael Dolby — Nothing
Martha Gillett — Good Job on getting the proposals out
Matt Daeumer — Would like to see if the Committee can discuss the City's Wellness Program.
Clark Askins — Nothing
Aaron — Glad Council approved the modifications to the Retiree Policy as recommended by the committee.
7. Adjournment
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 6:15 pm by Heather Weger
Approved and passed this day \ tA `(, ' C 1 1
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