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Freeport board approves employee benefits trust renewal, keeps mandatory wellness incentive

5930694 · August 19, 2025
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Summary

Council’s employee benefits trust approved plan rates and retained a $25-per-paycheck surcharge for employees who do not provide proof of a covered annual wellness exam; trustees approved the item unanimously.

The Freeport Employees Benefits Trust voted Aug. 18 to approve the plan renewal that keeps in place a requirement — first adopted last year — that employees either show proof of an annual preventive wellness exam or pay an additional $25 per pay period toward insurance premiums.

Human Resources presenter Edith Fisher summarized participation: “Out of approximately 125 employees, we have only had 21 that did not submit proof” of the…

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