NS Policy - County Commissioners' Compensation - Salary Adjustment and Health Insurance Continuation Policies

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Attachment 2 POLICY: County Contribution for Commissioner's Benefits (Proposed Amendments Shown in Bold Type) 1. The Board of County Commissioners authorizes that the compensation of the County Commissioners will include the County contribution for health insurance, dental insurance, and life insurance that is provided for permanent County employees, provided the Commissioners are eligible for this coverage under the insurance contracts and other contracts affecting these benefits. The Board further provides that County Commissioners may continue to participate in the County's group health insurance at term end as provided below. / If the County Commissioner has served less than two full terms in office (less than eight years), the Commissioner may participate by paying the full cost of such coverage. The covered County Commissioner pays Orange County 100 percent of the cost of required premiums monthly. If the Commissioner is age 65 or older, Medicare becomes the primary insurer and group health insurance ends. / If the County Commissioner has served two or more full terms in office (eight years or more), the County makes the same contribution for health insurance coverage that it makes for an employee who retires from Orange County after 10 years service as a permanent employee. If the Commissioner is age 65 or older, Medicare becomes the primary insurer and group health insurance ends. The County makes the same contribution for Medicare Supplement coverage that it makes for a retired County employee with 10 years service. As with retiree health insurance for employees, the County provides no cash payment in lieu of such coverage. 2. The Board of County Commissioners further authorizes that the compensation of the County Commissioners will include a County contribution for each Commissioner to the Deferred Compensation (457) Supplemental Retirement Plan that is the same as the County contribution for non-law enforcement County employees to the State 401(k) Plan. 3. The Board of County Commissioners directs the County Manager to incorporate in the Budget Ordinance each fiscal year a County contribution amount for each Commissioner's health, dental and life insurance equivalent to the County contribution amount for Permanent County employees. 4. The Board of County Commissioners further directs the County Manager to incorporate in the Budget Ordinance each fiscal year a County supplemental retirement contribution for each commissioner that is the same as the County contribution for non-law enforcement County employees to the State 401(k) Plan. 5. The Board of County Commissioners adopts the County contribution for Commissioners' health, dental and life insurance and supplemental retirement for the fiscal year through the adoption of the Budget Ordinance for that year.