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Commissioners approve $1.61M health insurance increase and $618,769 for inmate medical costs
Summary
The board approved using $1,610,000 from the health insurance fund balance to cover higher-than-anticipated claims this fiscal year and appropriated $618,769 from fund balance to cover an anticipated shortfall in inmate medical expenses, with staff noting the inmate costs are driven by multiple hospitalizations and specialized care.
The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 16 approved two appropriations intended to cover rising health‑related costs.
County manager Lance Mesler told the board the county budgets roughly $7.9 million for medical and prescription and about $570,000 for dental annually but that claim costs are trending higher than expected. He requested an increase of $1,610,000 from the health insurance fund balance to cover estimated…
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