Employees to contribute to health coverage
Full-time employees of the
The contribution will be
CCASWA Director of Operations and Education
"The expectation they understand is as the percentages increase we'll do our best but it's not going to be every time that we're going to go ahead and cover this insurance. This is a one-time deal," CCASWA DeWitt representative
Seward said he met with the full-time employees and explained the proposed insurance contribution change. He said the employees indicated they understood the change.
"The response I got is 'I'm glad we're being taken care of'," Seward said. "The people that were very vocal about it the last time we had this conversation...they said they felt glad they were being taken care of with the escalator and then the raise because they didn't want to be getting paid less."
Seward added that even with the wage increases, CCASWA's payroll will decrease during the 2020 fiscal year. He said this is due to a position not being filled.
"We have a retirement and we are not filling that position," Seward said. "And it's not a mandatory position. It's just a position that was this year used in order to train somebody."
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