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18 <br /> 1 I. FY 2013-2014 Purchase of Vehicles through Vehicle Replacement Internal Service <br /> 2 Fund <br /> 3 The Board approved the final list of County vehicles to be purchased through the Internal <br /> 4 Services Fund established within the FY2013-2014 budget. <br /> 5 m. Change in BOCC Regular Meeting Schedule for 2013 <br /> 6 The Board approved one change in the Board of County Commissioners' regular meeting <br /> 7 calendar for 2013, adding a closed session meeting for Monday, October 7, 2013 at 4:00 pm at <br /> 8 the Solid Waste Administrative Offices, 1207 Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill, NC. <br /> 9 n. Employment Agreement for Michael Talbert— Interim Orange County Manager. <br /> 10 The Board approved the appointment of and terms of an employment agreement with Michael <br /> 11 Talbert as Interim Orange County Manager. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Michael Talbert thanked the Board for the opportunity and said he hopes to help the <br /> 14 Board achieve its goals. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 6. Public Hearings - NONE <br /> 17 <br /> 18 7. Regular Agenda <br /> 19 <br /> 20 a. Employee Benefits and Recommendations for Calendar Year 2014 <br /> 21 The Board considered the County Manager's recommendations for employee health <br /> 22 insurance and other benefits for the 2014 calendar year. <br /> 23 Nicole Clark reviewed the following information: <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Staff provided information regarding FY2013-14 employee benefits at the April 11, 2013 work <br /> 26 session, during the FY 2013-14 budget process, and at the September 5, 2013 regular Board <br /> 27 meeting. The County conducted a Request for Proposals (RFP) process for health insurance <br /> 28 administration and requested responses for both a fully insured and self-funded plan. Retiree <br /> 29 health insurance was discussed at the June 19, 2013 regular meeting. The FY 2013-14 <br /> 30 Approved Budget includes funds for up to an 8.0% ($226,444) health insurance premium <br /> 31 increase effective with the January 1, 2014 renewal. The sole complete response from the RFP <br /> 32 was from the County's current health insurance provider, United Healthcare (UHC). UHC <br /> 33 provided proposals for both a fully insured renewal which is approximately a 6.35% increase <br /> 34 and self-funded option which results in no increase. <br /> 35 Nicole Clark said the recommendation is to approve option 2, which is the self funded <br /> 36 option with an increase of$118 per month to the health savings account. <br /> 37 Commissioner Gordon said she appreciated the opportunity to discuss this prior to this <br /> 38 meeting. She asked if employees have made any recent comments or statements regarding <br /> 39 the plans. <br /> 40 Frank Clifton said that this issue has been reviewed with employee relations for the past <br /> 41 three years as the County has struggled with increasing costs. He said that most of the <br /> 42 employees understand that this is the way to stabilize rates. <br /> 43 Commissioner Gordon said she wanted to know if any comments have been made <br /> 44 between September 5th and now. <br /> 45 Nicole Clark said no. <br /> 46 Frank Clifton said this was presented to employees before the last Board of County <br /> 47 Commissioners meeting. <br /> 48 Commissioner Rich said she is not in favor of the self insured plan. She said she has <br /> 49 done some reading about this, and there are a number of issues and concerns. She asked <br />