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Norfolk County approves Public Employee Committee health-care memorandum of agreement
Summary
Norfolk County commissioners on June 4 endorsed a memorandum of agreement with the county Public Employee Committee that keeps existing health, dental and life insurance plans in place and maintains the county's 70% contribution toward premiums.
Norfolk County commissioners unanimously approved a memorandum of agreement on June 4 with the county's Public Employee Committee that preserves current health, dental and life insurance plans for active employees and retirees.
The agreement keeps the county's BlueCare plans and Medicare prescription coverage and maintains Delta Dental and Boston Mutual life-insurance offerings; the county will continue to pay 70% of the premium cost, a county staff member said at the meeting.
The agreement was presented to the commissioners as largely a housekeeping update to existing benefits. A staff member who summarized the changes said the Public Employee Committee (PEC) began reviewing options in January and held follow-up meetings in March. The staff member read plan details into the record, naming BlueCare PPO and HMO options, Blue Medicare Rx PDP and Medicare Blue PPO Freedom Rx for Medicare-eligible retirees, dental through Delta Dental PPO plus premium, and basic and voluntary life insurance through Boston Mutual.
The staff member identified PEC participants and bargaining-unit representatives who reviewed the agreement: a Norfolk County retiree representative, Frank Hegarty; ASPE Council 93 and engineers-unit representatives Michael Jardine and Kevin Folan; and AFT Local 2335 representative Aaron Chernisky. The document presented to commissioners mirrors the terms the PEC negotiated and requires board endorsement under the county's established review process.
Commissioners voted to approve the memorandum of agreement as presented. The action was a formal endorsement of terms described in the PEC document; no changes or amendments were recorded in the minutes.
The vote keeps benefits continuity for county employees and retirees through the next plan period. Staff said required sign-offs by the PEC and the commissioners complete the current review cycle.
