Whitestown Fire Board moves to recommend council consider two-year contract with Hendricks Regional Health for employee physicals

The Whitestown Fire Board on April 2 moved, by motion and second, to forward a favorable recommendation to the Town Council to enter a two-year agreement with Hendricks Regional Health for annual wellness and fit-for-duty physicals for fire department employees.

Chief (unnamed) told the board the vendor is the same provider used last year and that the agreement has been reviewed with legal. The contract covers annual wellness and fit-for-duty evaluations and is priced at $900 per firefighter; the chief requested an authorization amount not to exceed $60,000 to provide buffer for additional fit-for-duty evaluations beyond the routine annual exams.

The chief confirmed the contract would cover essentially every employee, including assistant chiefs and the chief. He said last year’s total for the physicals was “right around $52,000,” and that he was requesting the not-to-exceed $60,000 amount from the budget. A board member asked whether the per-physical cost was similar to last year; the chief replied it had not increased significantly.

Board members asked whether the budgeted amount would cover potential attrition and new hires; the chief replied that it would and noted some budget funds had already been used for initial testing for the new hire. The transcript records a motion to move forward with the proposal and a second; no roll-call vote or tally for that motion is recorded in the transcript.

The board did not, within the provided transcript, record a formal vote count on the recommendation to the council. The action reported to the board is a motion and second to forward a favorable recommendation for the two-year, $900-per-person contract with Hendricks Regional Health; final approval would be by the Town Council.

Votes at a glance

- Agenda approval: motion carried 5-0 (recorded earlier in the meeting). - March minutes approval: motion carried 5-0 (recorded earlier in the meeting). - Motion to forward a favorable recommendation to Town Council for a two-year agreement with Hendricks Regional Health (priced at $900 per firefighter; requested not to exceed $60,000): motion made and seconded; no vote tally recorded in the transcript.

Next steps

The recommendation will be transmitted to the Whitestown Town Council for consideration and final approval; the transcript does not record the council’s action or any implementation dates.