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7 <br /> 1 responsiveness of UHC. He asked if UHC could come for an employee town hall meeting so <br /> 2 that it is not so controlled and employees can ask unscripted questions. <br /> 3 Nicole Clark said that she would take this to UHC and ask them. <br /> 4 Commissioner Yuhasz asked if the Board went with Option 1 if there would be an <br /> 5 opportunity at the next renewal to look at obesity coverage and Mark Browder said yes. <br /> 6 Frank Clifton said that the employees he met with as part of the Employee Relations <br /> 7 Committee were concerned about the cost of the obesity benefit. The employees would like the <br /> 8 County to take steps to encourage these people to change their health habits and/or provide a <br /> 9 wellness program before this benefit is implemented. <br /> 10 Commissioner Foushee asked if the personnel ordinance reflects what the law requires <br /> 11 in terms of eligibility for County Commissioners for retiree health insurance. The employees <br /> 12 have to have 20 years of service to be eligible and the County Commissioners only have to <br /> 13 serve for eight years. This is not equitable in her opinion. The law requires a minimum of ten <br /> 14 years of service before the County Commissioners are eligible. The ordinance should reflect <br /> 15 this. <br /> 16 John Roberts said that there have been no modifications to the ordinance, but they are <br /> 17 forthcoming. The statute states that it applies to any class of former officers and employees of <br /> 18 the County. <br /> 19 Commissioner Yuhasz said that the Board should discuss the time requirement for <br /> 20 Board of County Commissioners for eligibility. He thinks that the requirement should also be 20 <br /> 21 years for the County Commissioners,just like it is for employees. <br /> 22 A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner <br /> 23 Hemminger to approve a 20-year requirement for County Commissioners to be eligible for <br /> 24 retiree health coverage. <br /> 25 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 26 <br /> 27 A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner <br /> 28 Foushee to approve the renewal of the fully-insured health insurance plans with <br /> 29 United Healthcare, choosing Option 1, with an overall premium increase of 8.51%. <br /> 30 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 31 <br /> 32 b. _Approval of the Purchase of SunGard-OSSI E911 Computer Aided Dispatch <br /> 33 System and Budget Amendment#2-13 <br /> 34 The Board considered approval of the purchase of the SunGard-OSSI E911 Computer <br /> 35 Aided Dispatch system as recommended by the Emergency Services Workgroup; and approval <br /> 36 of Budget Amendment#2-13 and authorizing the Chair to sign. <br /> 37 Michael Talbert said that the current CAD system is now 20 years old and this <br /> 38 equipment has been reviewed by the Emergency Services work group and the Emergency <br /> 39 Services consultant. The CAD system that has been ordered will take about 12 months to <br /> 40 implement. The initial budget was $640,000, but more money has been moved into the 911 <br /> 41 fund, and the appropriation would will $485,478 from the E911 Fund for this equipment. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 PUBLIC COMMENT: <br /> 44 Peter Hallenbeck read a prepared statement. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 I'm wearing three hats tonight: Citizen Pete, 20 years with Efland Fire, Deputy Chief Pete, and <br /> 47 PageTrack Pete. <br /> 48 <br />