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CEO urges county to offer LifeFlight membership to employees; commissioners signal interest
Summary
County CEO proposed enrolling county employees in a LifeFlight network membership program with a county contribution of $75 per employee per year; staff said the cost was budgeted and the item will appear on next week's agenda for a vote.
The county’s chief executive proposed the commission consider enrolling full-time permanent employees in a LifeFlight air-ambulance membership program to protect them and their households from large out-of-pocket air-ambulance bills.
"What I am proposing is the county offer to contribute $75 per year per employee," the CEO said, describing the household membership that covers the employee, significant other, children up to age 24 and elderly household members. He said the county had included the estimated cost in the budget and characterized the program as a modest expense that could prevent individual employees from facing air-ambulance bills he estimated in the tens of thousands of dollars.
Commissioners and the CEO discussed whether the commission itself could join and whether county policy permitted contributions to elected officials; one commissioner corrected an earlier arithmetic phrasing and clarified the $75 figure was per year. The CEO said he would place the item on the agenda for the following week for formal consideration.
No formal action was taken at this meeting; commissioners expressed general support and recommended legal review on eligibility for commissioners.
