Employee Benefit Trust Minutes - 11/30/2009City of Wichita Falls
Employee Benefits Trust Board Minutes
November 30, 2009
The meeting was held in the City Council Conference Room, 1300 Seventh Street, Wichita
Falls, TX 76301.
Members Present: Darron Leiker, City Manager
Jim Dockery, Asst. City Manager /CFO
Miles Risley, City Attorney
Tammy Guerra, Human Resources Manager
Becky Chapman, Employee Benefits Coordinator
Agenda Items:
i. Call to Order
ii. Approval of Minutes (August 26th, 2009) - Motion was made by Darron
Leiker to approve the August minutes, second by Miles Risley. The
motion carried unanimously.
iii. Consideration and Approval of 2010 Blue Cross Blue Shield Renewal -
BCBS increased their rates for 2010 by five percent. Motion was made
by Jim Dockery to renew BCBS at the five percent increase, second by
Miles Risley. The motion carried unanimously.
iv. Consideration and Approval of 2010 Stop Loss Renewal -ING proposed
to increase their rates for 2010 by forty percent and they were not willing
to negotiate. It was decided not renew our stop loss contract with ING
for 2010 and the City will self insure. Cassie agreed to prepare a new
fee schedule for her services due to not renewing the stop loss contract.
Motion was made by Miles Risley to not consider the ING stop loss
renewal and to establish a $500,000 annual plan maximum design
change, seconded by Darron Leiker. The motion carried unanimously.
v. Consideration and Approval of 2010 Walgreens /PSG Renewal -The City
of Wichita Falls approves Carol Bailey /Action RX as our Walgreens /PSG
representative and Walgreens /PSG will be compensating Carol Bailey
$.25 per claim out of the administrative fee that the City of Wichita Falls
pays them. Motion was made by Darron Leiker to approve the fee
change, second by Jim Dockery. The motion carried unanimously.
vi. Employee Benefits Trust Plan Document Update -Becky Chapman
reported that the Trust document is still being reviewed and that it should
be finalized soon. She also reported that open enrollment was
successful and everyone who had benefits is enrolled for 2010.
vii. Open Session -Jim Dockery reported that we have received the actuarial
GASB 45 study and he is meeting to review and finalize the report. He
will present the findings at the next EBT board meeting.
viii. Adjourn at 3:48pm.
Submitted by:
Becky Chapman
Employee Benefits Coordinator - ---
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