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Hickman commission authorizes Anthem dental and vision coverage for city employees
Summary
The commission authorized the mayor to enter an agreement with Anthem to provide dental and/or vision insurance to city employees after staff reported Anthem offers similar coverage at lower employee cost than the prior carrier.
The City of Hickman commission authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement with Anthem to offer dental and vision insurance to city employees.
Staff reported that "Shauna alerted me to this" and that Anthem "is now offering our actual insurance carrier...similar coverage for a lot less money than the company we were using," an unidentified staff member said in the meeting. Staff emphasized the coverage itself would continue and that the change was to the carrier and to employee cost, not to benefits levels.
The resolution read into the record (Resolution 25-1-64) authorizes the mayor to sign an agreement making vision and/or dental insurance available to city employees through Anthem. The transcript includes brief discussion about the carrier change and a staff assurance that coverage will continue under the new arrangement.
The commission recorded discussion and then proceeded with the meeting; the resolution language read into the record indicates adoption on the date shown in the document text. The transcript does not include plan documents, the previous carrier’s name (staff said they could not remember it), nor the exact premium amounts employees will pay under Anthem; staff stated Anthem’s offering is expected to be cheaper for employees.
