File #: BILL NO. 17-215    Name:
Type: Ordinance - Committee Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/8/2017 In control: City Council - Regular Session
On agenda: 10/5/2017 Final action:
Title: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2018 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS, APPROVING AGREEMENTS FOR SERVICES BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS CITY, VSP, THE STANDARD, NEW DIRECTIONS, TABEN GROUP, THE HARTFORD, AND TRUSTMARK, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS AS NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2018 BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. (F&BC 9-18-17)
Attachments: 1. Ordinance, 2. Exhibit A - BCBSKC Medical BRC, 3. Exhibit B - BCBSKC Dental BRC, 4. Exhibit C - VSP Renewal Letter, 5. Exhibit D - New Directions EAP, 6. Exhibit E - Taben Group COBRA, 7. Exhibit F - Taben Group FSA, 8. Exhibit G - Trustmark, 9. Exhibit H - The Standard 2018 Amendment, 10. Exhibit I - Hartford Application, 11. 2018 Med Dent Vis Rates & EE Contributions, 12. COLS Cobra-FSA Finalist Scoring Matrix, 13. COLS Dental plan scoring matrix, 14. COLS Initial Cobra-FSA Scoring Matrix, 15. COLS Life-Disability Scoring Matrix, 16. COLS Medical plan scoring matrix, 17. COLS Vision Scoring Matrix, 18. COLS Voluntary Benefits Scoring Matrix
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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2018 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS, APPROVING AGREEMENTS FOR SERVICES BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS CITY, VSP, THE STANDARD, NEW DIRECTIONS, TABEN GROUP, THE HARTFORD, AND TRUSTMARK, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS AS NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2018 BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. (F&BC 9-18-17)

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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2018 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS, APPROVING AGREEMENTS FOR SERVICES BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS CITY, VSP, THE STANDARD, NEW DIRECTIONS, TABEN GROUP, THE HARTFORD, AND TRUSTMARK, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS AS NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2018 BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

Key Issues:
· City engaged the services of Holmes Murphy as the City’s health insurance benefits broker in early 2017 after a competitive RFP process.
· Holmes Murphy undertook a rigorous marketing of all of the City’s employee benefit products.
· The identified target for the City’s FY2018 Budget was an overall impact to the City for employee benefits to be at a rate increase 10% or less.
· The Health Insurance market is currently extremely volatile and, initial indications were that the City could see a potential rate impact of far in excess of the budgeted 10%.
· After Holmes Murphy collected market results, it began working extensively with the City’s Health Insurance Task Force, comprised of City staff from each department as well as representatives from each of the three (3) collective bargaining groups, to craft a comprehensive recommendation for the City’s calendar year 2018 Employee Benefits for approval by the City Manager and adoption by the City Council. The Committee examined different carriers, different plan designs, dif...

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