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Operations and Public Safety
KENT Committee
WA9H... CC Ops and PS Special Meeting
Minutes
March 21, 2023
Date: March 21, 2023
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Place: Chambers
Members: Bill Boyce, Chair
Brenda Fincher, Councilmember
Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember
Marli Larimer, Councilmember
Zandria Michaud, Councilmember
Les Thomas, Councilmember
Toni Troutner Councilmember
Agenda:
1. Call to Order 5:00 p.m.
Council President Boyce called the meeting to order.
2. Roll Call
Attendee Name Title IL Status Arrived
Bill Boyce Chair Present
Brenda Fincher Councilmember Present
Satwinder Kaur Councilmember Present
Marli Larimer Councilmember Present
Zandria Michaud Councilmember Present
Les Thomas Councilmember Present
Toni Troutner Councilmember Present
3. Agenda Approval
1. I move to approve the agenda as presented.
RESULT: MOTION PASSES [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Les Thomas, Councilmember
SECONDER: Toni Troutner, Councilmember
AYES: Boyce, Fincher, Kaur, Larimer, Michaud, Thomas, Troutner
4. Business
A. Approval of Minutes
Approval of Minutes dated March 7, 2023
MOTION: Move to approve the Minutes dated March 7, 2023
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RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Les Thomas, Councilmember
SECONDER: Zandria Michaud, Councilmember
AYES: Boyce, Fincher, Kaur, Larimer, Michaud, Thomas, Troutner
B. Payment of Bills - Approve
MOTION: I move to approve the payment of bills received through
3/15/2023 and paid on 3/15/2023, and approve the checks issued
for payroll 3/1/2023-3/15/2023 and paid on 3/20/2023, all audited
by the Operations and Public Safety Committee on 3/21/2023.
RESULT: MOTION PASSES [UNANIMOUS] Next: 4/4/2023 7:00 PM
MOVER: Les Thomas, Councilmember
SECONDER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember
AYES: Boyce, Fincher, Kaur, Larimer, Michaud, Thomas, Troutner
C. Medical, Stop Loss and Wellness Vendor Contracts - Authorize
Human Resources Manager, Lora Horea provided details on each of the
contract renewals.
Medical: Kaiser Permanente is the City's fully-insured health maintenance
organization plan. The renewal has a 4.9% rate increase for 2023.
Stop Loss: LifeWise Assurance Company covers individual and aggregate
stop loss insurance coverage. The best offer received for 2023 was from
LifeWise with a 10.5% increase. Contracting with LifeWise provides us an
additional discount from Premera on the stop loss integration fee.
This stop loss policy provides added coverage to the City for individual
medical claims exceeding $200,000 per employee or dependent for each
calendar year. Medical costs exceeding this amount are reimbursed to the
City under this policy.
Wellness: Employee health and well-being continues to be a priority for the
City. Vitality's Wellness platform offers a solid plan design and meets the
functionality needs of our employees and is critical for our Wellness Program.
The renewal has a 4.3% increase ($1,686 annual increase)
MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to approve renewal of the
following contracts:
• Medical plan with Kaiser Permanente for one year
• Stop Loss Insurance with LifeWise for one year
• Wellness platform with Vitality Group for 3 years and 9 months
with the option to renew automatically for a successive period of 1
year each,
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all subject to approval of final terms and conditions acceptable to the
Interim Human Resources Director and the City Attorney.
RESULT: MOTION PASSES [UNANIMOUS] Next: 4/4/2023 7:00 PM
MOVER: Toni Troutner, Councilmember
SECONDER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember
AYES: Boyce, Fincher, Kaur, Larimer, Michaud, Thomas, Troutner
5. Adjournment 5:06 p.m.
Council President Boyce adjourned the meeting.
KL ley Kcmoto-
Committee Secretary
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