Sullivan County HR committee approves new community services position; examines benefits, buyout and Medicare reimbursements

The Sullivan County Human Resources Committee voted to create one new position in the Department of Community Services and spent the meeting reviewing personnel and benefits matters, including buyout totals, retiree Medicare reimbursement calculations and plans to reconcile health-insurance data.

Committee members approved the resolution to create the new community services position by voice vote; the committee then moved to an executive session to discuss the employment and medical-financial-credit of a particular individual for roughly five minutes.

The vote followed a routine departmental report from HR staff. Julie, a staff member in the county human resources office, reported civil service approval of several requested positions tied to the county's health program and said the office would begin entering Medicare Part B reimbursements into the county's financial system "with the goal of having them completed by March." She provided comparative annual premium figures cited under the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) and Anthem plans, noting NYSHIP offers…