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Council weighs higher cash buyouts, spousal-coverage rule as insurance costs rise
Summary
Sunbury officials discussed increasing the cash buyout for employees who decline city health coverage, re-introducing a spousal-coverage eligibility rule, and the budgetary effect of lowering employer benefit percentages.
At the Sunbury budget work session, councilors and staff discussed potential changes to employee benefit policies to help manage rising insurance costs. Options included raising the cash buyout paid to employees who decline city health coverage and revisiting a rule requiring spouses with access to alternative employer coverage to use that coverage instead of the city plan.
Staff said the current cash…
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