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Council hears wellness report; staff recommends expanding city clinic hours and reinvesting healthcare savings
Summary
Staff reported a multi-year wellness program that has increased wellness-center use and helped hold healthcare renewal rates lower than projected; staff proposed expanding clinic hours from 20 to 24 per week (estimated $105,000) and reinvesting savings toward public safety pay increases and other benefits.
City staff provided council with a detailed update on the city's employee wellness program and health-plan experience, saying the program has helped reduce health-care renewal pressure and produced measurable outcomes in clinic use.
The presentation traced the wellness effort from simple "city walks" in 2015 to the introduction of an on-site wellness center in 2019 and services such as on-site dental clinics, Texas Mobile Imaging body scans, and behavioral health services introduced in 2022.…
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