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Willmar council debates 2025 health‑insurance increases, delays final approval amid union negotiation concerns
Summary
Human Resources presented proposed 2025 health‑insurance rates and recommended employer contribution increases to offset a roughly 12% premium rise; council members debated bargaining‑unit timelines and whether the additional contribution should extend to unsettled units, then voted to postpone final action to the end of the agenda (motion carried).
Willmar City staff presented proposed 2025 health‑insurance rates and a recommended increase in employer contributions Tuesday night after insurers raised premiums by about 12 percent.
Human Resources Director Lou Anne Sietzma told council the city’s 2025 premium increase for single and family coverage was over 12% and recommended supplementing employer contributions. Packet figures and staff remarks showed the employer contribution for single coverage rising by…
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