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Commissioners approve grant payments, Cigna expansion and other routine items; ratify Brazos River study support
Summary
The court approved multiple consent and action items including a Messer LLC IBG payment, an amendment to the Cigna administrative services agreement (medical/pharmacy added), the annual dumpster contract, and ratified a letter supporting a Brazos River connectivity feasibility study. Several departmental reports were accepted for recording.
McLennan County Commissioners Court moved through consent and action items on March 31, approving several contracts, grant payments and administrative updates.
Among the items the court approved by voice vote: the annual service contract for the county cleanup‑day dumpsters; a payment to Messer LLC of $91,568.66 under a 2022 Industrial Business Grant after staff certification of compliance; and an amendment to the county’s administrative services agreement with Cigna to expand administration to medical and pharmacy services under a three‑year term through Dec. 31, 2029. HR said the Cigna arrangement includes a $40.41 per employee per month administration fee and projected pharmacy rebates of $2,314,000 under the bid versus about $1,063,000 under the prior plan.
"Messer is requesting the payment in the amount of $91,568.66... compliance has been certified by the chamber and is recommended for approval," county staff (Dustin Chapman) said when presenting the grant payment request.
HR explained that the Cigna amendment resulted from a competitive RFP and was reviewed by HR, HUB International and legal counsel; the county recommended the agreement because the administration fee was lower than the incumbent renewal and because competitive pharmacy rebate terms were built into the bid.
The court also ratified a letter of support to the MPO for federal funding to begin a Brazos River connectivity feasibility study. Commissioners described the study as important for safety and economic reasons and approved the ratification by voice vote.
Other routine agenda items — including monthly reports for specialty courts, juvenile probation, engineering, veterans services, IT and facilities — were presented and accepted for recording. The specialty courts reported 24 graduates during the reporting period and described implementation of saliva testing for more frequent, lab‑verified drug monitoring of participants.
No formal roll call was recorded for the consent items; they passed by voice vote as part of the court’s consent/action portion of the agenda.
