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Chapter 172 Employee Retiree Insurance and Benefits Board
Held on July 31, 2012
1. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 3:03 pm by Katherine Anderson
2. Member Roll Call
Present: Matt Daeumer, Aaron Corrales, Katherine Anderson, Clark Askins, Martha Gillett,
Michael Dolby, Charles Montgomery (Alt #1)
Absent: Juliane Graham
3. Consider approval of minutes from July 24, 2012 meeting
Matt made a motion to approve the minutes as presented; Charles seconded the motion; the
motion passed unanimously.
4. Report from McGriff, Seibels and Williams
The materials were reviewed. The Board reviewed Options 4, 4A, 4B, and 4C; the Board took an
informal vote to gauge member preference between Option 4A and Option 413; 4A carried with 4
out of 7 votes.
5. Consider vote on recommendation to City Council regarding amendments to the city health
insurance plan
Martha made a motion to change the Retiree rates language for pre-65 retirees with 30 years and
80 points to be the "lesser of the 2012 employee contribution/dependent rates or the 2013
employee contribution/dependent rates for 2013". The motion was seconded by Aaron and
passed unanimously by the Board. Katherine made a motion to present Option 4A as the
recommendation of the Board to the Council and to show Options 4 and 4B as alternatives.
Charles seconded the motion. The motion passed with six members approved and with one
dissension. Katherine made a motion to review the final data for the Post-65 retirees without
further review by the Board and to recommend the change to Council. Charles seconded the
motion. The motion passed unanimously.
6. Administrative Reports
None.
7. 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
8. Adjournment
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 4:28 pm by Katherine
Anderson.
Approved and passed this day
Katherine Anderson, HR Manager