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Meeting of October 21, 1992
The meeting was called to order at City Hall in the Conference Room at 12:00 noon.
The first order of business was a presentation by Greg Mayes regarding supplemental
insurance that could be offered to City employees. Greg introduced Peter Cervantes who
gave a brief presentation on each program that could be purchased by City employees.
The programs includes such things as hospital benefits, accidental benefits, a cancer
policy, etc. These programs would be at no cost to the City and could be payroll
deducted from the employees for the programs that they chose to participate in. After
the presentation, Teri stated that the Committee will review the material and discuss the
program at the next regular meeting.
The next item of business was a financial statement regarding the account for a new
budget year. Teri stated that there was $4400 budgeted for the EAP Program, $8000 for
the Wellness Program and $5600 for the Safety Program ($3600 of which is for employee
salaries and Aerobics program)
The next item of business was the claims report. Carol distributed the reports from the
months of August and September (she was gone those months with maternity leave).
She stated that claims were up some in the month of September due to a major illness
with a retired employee. She further stated that an average for the entire year so far was
$13,800 a month. Teri stated that we will be receiving approximately $40,000 return from
Blue Cross. They had reserved that amount in case any major claims came in after we
quit using their services.
The next item of business was the Wellness Program. Sue stated that she has received
several complaints from employees regarding not being able to hold any points over in
their bank after the fist of the year. After brief discussion it was the consensus of the
committee that they NOT be able to hold points over. All points in the bank must be
cleared out by December 31 st and start a new testing period with a 0 balance.
Sue stated that she would like to see the testing dates for the Fire Department and other
City employees all be in the same week to avoid some very time consuming paper work
that accompanies each testing. It was the consensus of the committee that this goal be
accomplished during the next testing period. It was suggested to Sue by various
employees that the make-up day for testing be done after hours for those employees
who wish to test but cannot leave their jobs. It was the consensus of the committee that
this goal be accomplished for the convenience of those employees.
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it was aiso suggested to Sue that the classes be scheduled with an early morning class
to accommodate those empioyees that are unable to leave their positions in the middle
of the day. It was the consensus of the committee that this be accomplished for the next
class and classes thereafter.
There was brief discussion regarding the T-shirts being given to Wellness Committee
employees without spending their points. After brief discussion it was the consensus of
the Committee that they are receiving incentive checks for being on the committee and
free lunches during meeting times and that they should pay for the T-shirts with their
points earned in the program.
The next item of business was the topic of offering City employees a Tetanus shot
through the Safety Program. Sue stated that she would like the authorization of the
Wellness Committee to spend funds out of their account to offer employees a Tetanus
shot on a voluntary basis, due to the fact that the Safety Committee has an extremely low
budget to work with. After brief discussion it was the consensus of the committee to
authorize funds for this use.
Teri stated that the committee should be thinking about whether they would like to
continue the aerobics program. There are very few City employees attending at this time
and the Wellness Program is paying $100 a month for the instructor.
It was suggested that Bill Schwind come to the next meeting to discuss the possibility of
using the gym and what progress is being made on that facility. Sue stated that she
would notify Bill and request his presence.
With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 1:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Sue Brown