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Commissioners approve employee benefit changes after Christie Benefits briefing
Summary
Christie Benefits presented proposed employee benefit changes — including a plan change with Wellmark, moving dental to Delta Dental, and added life-insurance options — and commissioners voted to approve the benefits package as recommended.
Dan Johnson of Christie Benefits told the board he manages benefits for 46 counties in South Dakota and reviewed changes recommended for Buffalo County employees, including a change in the medical reimbursement arrangement and a switch from Beam to Delta Dental for dental coverage. "We're saving the county some money," Johnson said, noting the county's medical plan has been running ahead on savings.
He described specific provisions: a $5,000 medical plan (with a reimbursement plan component), a richer dental plan with a $1,500 annual maximum (up from $1,000) and $25,000 in life insurance with accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) coverage. Johnson said open enrollment runs the first through the 15th of the month and changes take effect Jan. 1.
Following the presentation, a commissioner moved to approve the benefits as described; the motion was seconded and carried with the board responding "Aye." The board did not record individual vote names in the transcript.
