AGENDA #2g

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:            W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

 

SUBJECT:       Resolution Authorizing Eligibility for Group Health Insurance for Mayor and Town Council Members

 

DATE:             May 21, 2003

 

 

SUMMARY

 

The attached resolution would authorize the Town Manager to revise the Town’s contract with its current insurance provider to include the Mayor and Council Members as eligible for membership in this plan on the same basis as employees.

 

DISCUSSION

 

The Council requested that a survey be conducted with the organizations designated as peer comparisons for the Town, on the subject of whether those organizations considered the Mayor and Council as eligible for participation in the group health insurance plan, on what basis costs were allocated and under what conditions eligibility for participation was extended past the term of active service. The survey is enclosed (Attachment 1).

 

The Council requested that a resolution be prepared which would authorize the Manager to revise the contract with the Town’s current group insurance carrier to designate the Mayor and Council Members as eligible to participate on the same basis as full-time employees.

 

The Council requested information be provided on the other Town benefits programs provided for full-time employees (Attachment 2).

 

Information on eligibility of employees to continue participation in group health insurance is discussed in the Town Policy on Health Insurance for Retirees (Attachment 3).

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Council consider the attached resolution to make the Mayor and Council Members eligible for participation in the Town group health insurance plan on the same basis as full-time employees.

ATTACHMENTS

 

  1. Survey (p. 3).
  2. Full-time Employee Benefits (p. 4).
  3. Health Insurance for Retirees (p. 6).


A RESOLUTION REGARDING ELIGIBILITY OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TOWN GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN (2003-05-21/R-2)

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the following policy will apply:

 

(1)     Effective immediately, the Manager is authorized to notify the Town’s current health insurance carrier that the Mayor and Members of the Town Council will be eligible for participation in the Town group health insurance plan on the same basis as full-time employees.

 

(2)     Funds to implement this change will be included in the Manager’s Recommended Budget. 

 

(3)     This policy is subject to modification by Council at the time any budget is adopted or at other times as determined by the Council.

 

Previous policies or resolutions in conflict with this resolution are hereby repealed.

 

This the 21st day of May, 2003.