County employees avoid health insurance rate increase
The commissioners voted 4-0 to have health insurance rates remain at
"A few years ago, our employees were given the opportunity to begin using
He said the deposit rate the county pays
However, last month the commissioners voted to pay
Long said 191 employees have family coverage and another 137 have single coverage through the county insurance program. The county's general fund via its self-insurance program pays the difference of about
"Our employee insurance benefit is probably the lowest in the area among county and city entities," said
Long and the commissioners said the adverse effects of COVID-19 on budgets and costs remain unclear and rates could increase next year. "We don't know what those costs are going to be," he said.
Stisher also said offering Tier I retirement options to all employees will help recruit and retain quality staff members.
"Tier I allows us to attract long-term employees," he said.
Stisher made the motion and
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