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Mayor says city nearly faced an insurance lapse; council refers replacement ordinance to committee
Summary
Mayor Owens told council a municipal non-health insurance policy renewal was not completed by the prior administration and would have lapsed on March 1; the administration proposed a replacement ordinance but council moved the insurance ordinance to the legislative committee for Feb. 23 rather than adopt it immediately.
Mayor Owens told the Vermilion City Council on Feb. 9 that a municipal non-health insurance policy was set to expire on March 1, 2026 after the renewal review should have begun the prior November but did not occur under the previous administration. The mayor said his administration discovered the lapse in late January and worked with the city's broker (Fitzgibbons, Arnold) and Matt Arnold to prepare a replacement policy.
The mayor said the city will present an ordinance to approve the replacement policy and that, because…
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