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Texarkana board to cover January health-insurance spike, approves parking lot franchise and several consent items
Summary
The Texarkana Board of Directors authorized a one‑time payment of $52,452.83 to cover January 2026 health-insurance premium increases, unanimously adopted multiple consent items, and granted a limited franchise to David Boone Ministries for a downtown parking lot; a proposed mobile food-vendor ordinance was tabled for revisions.
The Texarkana Board of Directors on Nov. 17, 2025 authorized the city manager to remit $52,452.83 to cover a one‑month increase in municipal health insurance premiums effective Jan. 1, 2026, and adopted several routine consent items and an ordinance granting a franchise to David Boone Ministries.
City staff told the board the Municipal Health Benefit Fund announced rate increases that raise employee-only premiums from $662.50 to $841.71 (an increase of $179.21) and employee-plus-family premiums from $1,485.50 to $1,887.33 (an increase of $401.83). “The increase for employee only was about a $180 additional and about $402 for employees with family,” said Sheena, the city's…
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