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i <br /> 1 <br /> Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Action Agenda Item Abstract <br /> Meeting Date: September 16, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 9-,k <br /> Subject: Personnel Ordinance Revision - Retiree Health Insurance (Second Reading) <br /> Department: Personnel Public Hearing: Yes No X <br /> Budget Amendment <br /> Needed: Yes No X <br /> Attachment(s): Information Contact: <br /> 1- Draft Revision to Article IV, Section 7.2, Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director <br /> Retiree Health Insurance Extension 2550, <br /> 2- Current Article IV, Section 7.2 Telephone Number: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Purpose: To consider extending the eligibility for retiree health insurance on a <br /> prorated basis to employees with at least five years Orange County <br /> service who are: <br /> • Retiring at age 65 or older or <br /> • Retiring on a disability retirement. <br /> Background: Currently, the County provides retiree health insurance to retirees from <br /> Orange County with 10 years of total Orange County service as a <br /> permanent employee. For retirees on the County's group health <br /> insurance plans, the County provides the same contribution for <br /> individual and dependent coverage as it does for current employees. <br /> That is, the County pays the full cost of individual coverage and 40 <br /> percent of the cost of dependent coverage. When a retiree reaches <br /> age 65, the County pays the cost of Medicare supplement insurance <br /> for the retiree. <br /> The Attachment 1 Personnel Ordinance revision extends eligibility for <br /> retiree health insurance on a prorated basis to employees with at least <br /> five years, but less than 10 years of total Orange County service as a <br /> permanent employee, if that employee is age 65 or older or retiring on <br />