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Fanwood council confirms planning-board appointments, shifts employee health coverage to Bergen HIF
Summary
Council approved planning-board appointments, confirmed representatives to a municipal benefits fund, and reported a borough transition from the state health plan to the Bergen HIF with retiree and employee enrollment steps completed.
The Fanwood Borough Council approved a slate of planning-board appointments, named borough representatives to the Bergen Municipal Employee Benefit Fund, and heard an administration-and-finance update on the borough's transition from the state health plan to the Bergen Health Insurance Fund (HIF).
Planning-board appointments read into the record included Anthony Carter (class 3 council representative, one-year term), Amy Hamill (class 4), Matt Jukes (class 4), Whitney Chetnik (alternate 1), Leslie Spec (alternate 2), Damian Warbeck (alternate 3), and Jean Rosen (alternate 4). The council moved to approve those appointments and recorded approval during the meeting.
In his Administration & Finance report, ANF Chair Anthony Carter summarized the borough's change from the state health plan into the Bergen HIF. He said the borough tracked down 31 retirees to confirm selections and hosted about 10 employee sessions (in-person and Zoom) for current employees, concluding that the transition is on track for a February 1 start date for active employees.
Other routine actions included approving monthly claims, accepting the tax-collection report, authorizing a tax-overpayment reimbursement, and awarding a professional-services contract for library insurance/risk management.
What happens next: staff will finalize enrollments with the Bergen HIF, complete any pending planning-board swearing-in at the next meeting, and continue budget work over the next three months in preparation for the 2023 budget adoption timeline.
