Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Claim Your Spot

Get email alerts on the Employee Benefits topic

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Fulton County commissioners keep employees' monthly health-insurance contribution unchanged for 2026

Fulton County Board of Commissioners · November 4, 2025
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

At their Nov. 4 meeting, Fulton County commissioners voted to keep employees' monthly dollar contribution to health insurance the same for 2026, a decision that reduces the employee share from about 10% to roughly 8% because premiums rose. The board scheduled a final budget meeting Nov. 18 to prepare to advertise the 2026 budget.

Fulton County commissioners voted Nov. 4 to keep employee monthly contributions for county health insurance at the same dollar amount for 2026, meaning employees' percentage share falls from 10% to about 8% after anticipated premium increases. HR Administrator Mary Huston presented a spreadsheet showing the effect of premium increases and recommended holding employee costs steady.

The decision came during the board's second review of the proposed 2026 budget led by CFO Mike Lamb of Wessel and Co. and Fiscal Administrator Sue Reed. Commissioners scheduled a follow-up meeting with department heads on Nov. 18, 2025, to seek verbal approval to advertise the budget to the public.

Commissioner Randy H. Bunch moved that there will be no increase to employees for health-insurance rates in 2026 (effectively reducing the employee percentage to 8%); the motion carried "all in favor." Commissioners also authorized HR Administrator Mary Huston to execute the PCHIP/Highmark renewal documents for 2026.

County officials characterized the vote as a preservation of employees' current monthly out-of-pocket amounts rather than an expansion of benefits. The county did not set or publish final premium totals at the Nov. 4 session; the board will consider those numbers as part of the Nov. 18 meeting and subsequent public advertising for the budget.

Next steps: commissioners will meet with department heads Nov. 18 to finalize the budget prior to public advertisement.

CivIQMessage your representative