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Committee Members
Staff: Chris Huot Councilmember, Ken Weir, Chair
Assistant City Manager Councilmember, Bruce Freeman
Councilmember, Chris Parlier
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 12:00 p.m.
City Hall North – Conference Room A 1600 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301
AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
Meeting called to order at 12:00 p.m.
1.ROLL CALL
Committee members Present: Councilmember, Ken Weir, Chair
Councilmember, Bruce Freeman
Councilmember, Chris Parlier
City staff: Chris Huot, Assistant City Managers
Brianna Carrier, Administrative Analyst
Ginny Gennaro, City Attorney
Christi Tenter, Human Resources Manager
Mari Blowers, Benefits Supervisor
Kim Gearheart, Benefits Technician
Retired employees Florn Core and Margaret Ursin
and BCARE:
Others present: Johnny Wu and Garrett Moore, Segal Company
2.ADOPTION OF AUGUST 13, 2019 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
A motion to receive and file the Personnel Committee’s August 13, 2019 Agenda
Summary Report was approved.
/s/ Chris Huot
3.PUBLIC STATEMENTS There were no public statements.
4.NEW BUSINESS
A.2021 Health Care Plan Renewals - Huot
Assistant City Manager Huot introduced Human Resources Manager Christi
Tenter who provided a summary of the annual process to prepare the rate
renewal package for 2021. She stated Segal Company had worked with the
various plan providers to obtain an understanding of the rates for the new plan
year, which begins on January 1, 2021. The same information was provided to
the Insurance Committee. She introduced Johnny Wu with the Segal Company
(Segal) to present their report by way of a handout and PowerPoint
presentation.
Mr. Wu distributed information to the Committee and gave a summary
overview. Key points are:
The following plans experienced favorable renewals:
Blue Shield Active PPO
Kaiser Plans
UCCI, Unum, Optum and Voya are in the last year of a multi-year rate
guarantee and there is no increase.
P&A Group is part of a multi-year rate guarantee and there is no
increase.
MES Vision proposed rate decreases for the PPO and HMOs of 29.61
%and 33.33% respectively.
The City’s overall cost for active employee benefits decreased by
3.5% or $622,000 for 2021 at the current contribution level of 80%,
when compared to the 2020 increase of 9.4%
The 2021 premiums for retiree benefits decreased by 5.0% or $408,600
as did the subsidies paid by the City
Mr. Wu also provided a summary of historic active and retiree plans rate
information and enrollment comparisons for the last five years. He also provided
a summary of the impacts to healthcare services due to the coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Human Resources Director Tenter reported that after careful consideration and
thorough discussion, the Insurance Committed voted unanimously to
recommend the City accept and adopt the rate renewal package as
presented.
After a thorough discussion, the Committee unanimously approved a motion to
accept the Insurance Committee and staff’s recommendation and submit the
item for approval to the full City Council.
5.COMMITTEE COMMENTS
There were no comments.
6.ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 12:40 pm
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