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Board approves employee wage increase and adopts health‑plan changes to limit levy impact
Summary
Supervisors approved a 2.7% across‑the‑board raise for non‑union county employees and directed staff to implement employee‑share health plan changes (board adopted plan‑design Options 2 and 6) to reduce the county’s share of a roughly $373,800 renewal increase after Sunnycrest was split out.
Dubuque County supervisors approved a 2.7% wage adjustment for non‑union employees and adopted a pair of health insurance plan design changes that staff and the insurance committee said would substantially reduce the county’s levy impact from the insurer renewal.
Supervisors voted in favor of the 2.7% raise for elected officials’ deputies and other non‑bargaining employees after brief discussion of how the increase would affect pay relationships and deputy percentages.
On insurance, staff presented updated renewal projections that split Sunnycrest employees from county‑only costs. The county‑only renewal rose to about $5.7 million annualized, an increase of roughly 6.9% (about $373,800). The insurance committee and benefits consultant recommended a combination of plan design moves to share some of the increase with employees while minimizing levy pressure.
After discussion, the board adopted a package built around Option 2 (raising certain employee contribution levels) and Option 6 (a three‑tier premium structure that separates single, single+child(ren), and family coverage) to capture roughly the committee’s targeted employee contribution without sharply raising co‑pays, which the committee had opposed.
County staff said some groups that participate on the county plan but are not county employees (for example, watershed and library employees or early retirees) may face surcharges or different options in FY28 to reflect the county’s self‑insured exposure.
What’s next: HR and benefits staff will implement the plan‑design changes per the board’s direction and communicate contributions and tiers to employees; a revised budget packet reflecting these changes will be distributed for Thursday’s final decisions.
Provenance: wage-motion and vote recorded at SEG 3746–3756; insurance option adoption and vote recorded at SEG 4723–4726 (topicintro: {"block_id_start":"SEG 3746","block_id_end":"SEG 3756","evidence_excerpt":"motion to approve 2.7% as the raise...","reason_code":"topicintro"}; topfinish: {"block_id_start":"SEG 4723","block_id_end":"SEG 4726","evidence_excerpt":"A motion and a 2nd to use options 2 and 6. All in favor signify that aye.","reason_code":"topicfinish"}).
