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Dodge County committee discusses using $178,230.92 surplus to offset health insurance premiums
Summary
At a June 6 meeting, the Dodge County Healthcare Committee reviewed open enrollment options and discussed applying a $178,230.92 surplus to reduce employee and county monthly health insurance premiums; the minutes show discussion but no recorded vote.
The Dodge County Healthcare Committee met June 6, 2024, at the Pearl Bates Courthouse Annex, where County Manager Conner Bearden called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. and the committee reviewed options for the county’s open enrollment for health insurance plans.
Committee members discussed applying a $178,230.92 surplus to help offset monthly health insurance premiums for employees and the county. The minutes state that the surplus amount is available and that the topic was considered as part of open enrollment planning; the record does not show any formal motion or vote related to applying the funds.
Present at the meeting, as recorded in the minutes, were County Manager Conner Bearden; Commissioner Sharon Cobb Flanagan (District 1); Commissioner Karen Cheek (District 4), who led an opening prayer; and County Clerk Kimberly Smith-Parkerson, who attested the minutes. The minutes list the meeting’s start time as 10:00 a.m. and its adjournment at 11:07 a.m.
The minutes do not specify next steps, a timeline for implementing any change to premiums, or whether staff was directed to prepare options for a future decision. The record likewise does not identify any dollar-by-dollar proposal for how the surplus would be applied to employee versus county shares of premiums.
With no further business, the Healthcare Committee adjourned at 11:07 a.m.; the minutes are signed as attested by County Clerk Kimberly Smith-Parkerson and approved by County Manager Conner Bearden.
