ORD-2012-043 - Approval of the Purchase of SunGard-OSSI E911 Comuter Aided Dispatch Sstem and Budget Amendment #2-B

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responsiveness of UHC. He asked if UHC could come for an employee town hall meeting so that it is not so controlled and employees can ask unscripted questions. Nicole Clark said that she would take this to UHC and ask them. Commissioner Yuhasz asked if the Board went with Option 1 if there would be an opportunity at the next renewal to look at obesity coverage and Mark Browder said yes. Frank Clifton said that the employees he met with as part of the Employee Relations Committee were concerned about the cost of the obesity benefit. The employees would like the County to take steps to encourage these people to change their health habits and/or provide a wellness program before this benefit is implemented. Commissioner Foushee asked if the personnel ordinance reflects what the law requires in terms of eligibility for County Commissioners for retiree health insurance. The employees have to have 20 years of service to be eligible and the County Commissioners only have to serve for eight years. This is not equitable in her opinion. The law requires a minimum of ten years of service before the County Commissioners are eligible. The ordinance should reflect this. John Roberts said that there have been no modifications to the ordinance, but they are forthcoming. The statute states that it applies to any class of former officers and employees of the County. Commissioner Yuhasz said that the Board should discuss the time requirement for Board of County Commissioners for eligibility. He thinks that the requirement should also be 20 years for the County Commissioners,just like it is for employees. A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger to approve a 20-year requirement for County Commissioners to be eligible for retiree health coverage. VOTE: UNANIMOUS A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to approve the renewal of the fully-insured health insurance plans with United Healthcare, choosing Option 1, with an overall premium increase of 8.51%. VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. Approval of the Purchase of SunGard-OSSI E911 Computer Aided Dispatch System and Budget Amendment#2-B The Board considered approval of the purchase of the SunGard-OSSI E911 Computer Aided Dispatch system as recommended by the Emergency Services Workgroup; and approval of Budget Amendment#2-B and authorizing the Chair to sign. Michael Talbert said that the current CAD system is now 20 years old and this equipment has been reviewed by the Emergency Services work group and the Emergency Services consultant. The CAD system that has been ordered will take about 12 months to implement. The initial budget was $640,000, but more money has been moved into the 911 fund, and the appropriation would will $485,478 from the E911 Fund for this equipment. PUBLIC COMMENT: Peter Hallenbeck read a prepared statement. I'm wearing three hats tonight: Citizen Pete, 20 years with Efland Fire, Deputy Chief Pete, and PageTrack Pete.