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APPROVED 12/19/95 <br />1 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />OCTOBER 12, 1995 <br />BI-MONTHLY WORK SESSION <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on <br />Thursday, October 12, 1995 at 7:30 p.m. in the Government Services <br />Center in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and <br />Commissioners William L. Crowther, Alice M. Gordon, Stephen H. <br />Halkiotis and Don Willhoit. <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant <br />County Managers Albert Kittrell and Rod Visser, Clerk to the Board <br />Beverly Blythe (All other staff will be identified where appropriate) <br />NOTE: All background information and signed documents are in the <br />permanent agenda file in the Clerk's office. <br />AGENDA <br />A. EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR 1996 <br />1. Interlocal Agreement with the NCACC Trust <br />In answer to a question from Commissioner Crowther, Personnel <br />Director Elaine Holmes said that a surplus of funds from payments for <br />insurance coverage would probably be used to lower the premiums for the <br />following year or keep the rates the same for future years. She <br />explained that the payments are made to the Trust who is turn pays Blue <br />Cross. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Crowther, seconded by Chair <br />Carey to approve and authorize the Chair to sign the resolution as <br />stated below: <br />RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND TO JOIN THE <br />HEALTH INSURANCE TRUST GROUP SELF INSURANCE FUND FOR HEALTH, <br />DENTAL, LIFE AND DISABILITY RISK SHARING <br />WHEREAS, Orange County provides to its employees insurance and other <br />health benefits; and <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners Health <br />Insurance Trust, hereafter referred to as "NCACC HIT", has been <br />established by counties pursuant to G.S. 153A-445(a)(1) and G.S. 160A- <br />4660 through 160A-464; and <br />WHEREAS, it is desirable for Orange County to join NCACC HIT and <br />participate in its insurance and health benefits fund in order to <br />provide a method of risk sharing for health-related claims of its <br />employees' <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners <br />of Orange County hereby adopts the interlocal agreement entitled <br />"Interlocal Agreement for a Group Self-Insurance Fund for Health, <br />Dental, Life and Disability Risk Sharing" with the amendments set out <br />in the attached Memorandum of Agreement and thereby joins and agrees to <br />