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Haslet council opts to absorb 25% premium rise, declines $400 dependent stipend
Summary
After debating projections and budget impacts, the Haslet City Council voted to absorb a 25% health-insurance premium increase for staff and declined a separate $400-per-month dependent stipend, citing recurring cost concerns and limited ability to target benefits to some employees.
HASLET — The Haslet City Council on Monday voted to accept staff’s recommendation to absorb a 25% increase in employee health-insurance premiums and to not provide an additional $400-per-month city contribution for dependent coverage.
The council’s action followed a lengthy discussion about how the budget presentation handled revenue projections and recurring costs. One council participant (Speaker 1) called the graphs “misleading” and pressed staff for clarity on whether the packet assumed flat revenues or projected continued growth. “If our past is showing an increase, why is it only for the purpose of this graph that we’re all of a sudden not gonna show an increase continuing for the revenue?” the speaker said during discussion.
Staff members, identified in the meeting as presenters, said the packet intentionally kept…
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