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Board reviews employee-benefits spike, retroactive 3.6% employer increase and COLA options
Summary
County staff presented an update on medical claims activity and a recommendation to apply a retroactive 3.6% employer rate increase effective July 1, 2025. Board members discussed special-revenue account impacts, department notifications, and wider COLA/salary-adjustment plans; no final across-the-board COLA was adopted at this meeting.
County finance staff presented an update on employee health claims and recommended a retroactive employer rate increase of 3.6 percent, effective July 1, 2025, which would affect the first-quarter payroll for fiscal 2025-26. Staff said medical claims rose in part because a program that began paying clients on July 1 ramped up in July and August, and several high-cost, one-time claims (about $400,000) also contributed to the increase in paid claims in the reporting period.
The board discussed mechanics for handling the retroactive expense. County staff recommended that departments with special-revenue cash accounts…
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