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Board reviews employee benefits RFP and hears staff recommendation to remain with Local Choice while building reserves for possible self-insurance
Summary
Staff presented RFP results and recommended short-term continuity with the Local Choice (TLC) plan while the district builds a reserve (roughly $2 million cited) needed to pursue self-insurance; staff laid out employer-liability scenarios ($9.8M baseline to $12.2M conservative cap) and possible trade-offs including higher employee costs if self-insurance is adopted without sufficient reserves.
During a work session April 22, staff reviewed responses to the employee benefits RFP and described options including continuing with the Local Choice (TLC) fully insured pool or moving to a self-insured model with Anthem as third-party administrator. The presenter explained that TLC’s renewal quote came back at 23.7% and staff had modeled employer liability at $9.2–9.8 million with a conservative cap at $12.2 million, depending on plan design and claims.
The staff presenter recommended remaining…
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