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Council reviews 2026 health benefits costs and OPEB trustee appointments; no questions from members
Summary
Administration presented the annual resolution setting employee health benefit costs and a resolution appointing trustees to the retiree health (OPEB) trust; council had no substantive questions during the work session.
Anne Arundel County administration presented on July 15 the annual resolution that sets the cost of health-care benefits for county employees for the upcoming calendar year and a separate resolution appointing trustees to the reserve fund for retiree health benefits (OPEB trust). Deputy County Attorney Ethan Hunt said the health-benefits resolution is required by county code and the OPEB trust resolution appoints and reappoints trustees to the retiree health benefits reserve fund. The resolution named Doug Hart as a retiree trustee and reappointed O'Brien "Obi" Atkinson and Kevin Nethers as nominees representing uniform and non-uniform public safety unions respectively; terms begin July 1 and expire June 30 of the relevant year. Hunt said the sole purpose of the OPEB reserve fund is to pay retiree health benefits and that interest earnings are retained to the credit of the fund; he cited charter authority for establishing the reserve fund. Councilmembers had no questions on either resolution during the work session and no formal votes were recorded at that time.
