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16 <br /> 1 The Board of County Commissioners approved an increase of funding totaling $92,236 (County <br /> 2 contribution of$73,286) for the FY2020/2021 Dental Fund. The total Dental Fund budget is <br /> 3 currently $670,596 and no increase is recommended. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Monthly rates for dental coverage are listed below: <br /> 6 <br /> Monthly Monthly Monthly Semi Monthly <br /> Premium Tier Premium Orange Employee Employee Cost <br /> Equivalent County Cost Cost Share Share <br /> Share <br /> - Employee_only $30.49 $30.49 $0.00 $0.00 <br /> en Employee_childr $82.32 $34.58 $47.74 $23.87 <br /> Employee_spou <br /> se $73.17 $33.85 $39.32 $19.66 <br /> Family 1 $106.71 1 $36.51 1 $70.20 1 $35.10 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Commissioner Dorosin asked if this means employees will have no increase to <br /> 9 insurance costs, as well as no increase to the County contributions. <br /> 10 Brenda Bartholomew said yes. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Dorosin to <br /> 13 approve an increase of$0 to the Health and Dental Insurance Fund and recommends the <br /> 14 County continued participation as a member in the North Carolina Health Insurance Pool <br /> 15 (NCHIP). <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Roll call ensued <br /> 18 <br /> 19 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 20 <br /> 21 b. Orange County's Proposed 2021 Legislative Agenda <br /> 22 <br /> 23 The Board: <br /> 24 1) reviewed and discussed the Legislative Issues Work Group's (LIWG) proposed 2021 <br /> 25 legislative package and any other potential items for inclusion in Orange County's <br /> 26 legislative agenda package for the 2021 North Carolina General Assembly Session; <br /> 27 2) considered approval of the 2021 Orange County Legislative Priority Issues document for <br /> 28 submittal to the County's legislative delegation; and <br /> 29 3) considered approval of the Other Orange County 2021 Legislative Interests document to <br /> 30 also be shared with Orange County's legislative delegation. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Greg Wilder, Assistant to the County Manager, introduced the item and highlighted some <br /> 33 of the background information. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 BACKGROUND: <br /> 36 The 2021 North Carolina General Assembly session convened on January 27, 2021. The <br /> 37 Board of Commissioners has historically appointed a Legislative Issues Work Group (LIWG) to <br /> 38 work with staff to develop a proposed legislative package for the County. Based on the work of <br /> 39 the LIWG, the BOCC has then reviewed and approved packages of legislative items to present <br /> 40 to Orange County's legislative delegation. <br />