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Paoli keeps employee health premiums flat for 2026 after negotiator secures 0% increase
Summary
Clerk‑Treasurer Beth Jones said J.A. Benefits renegotiated SIHO’s initially reported 3% increase down to 0% for 2026; the council approved allowing the clerk‑treasurer to sign the finalized paperwork once received (5-0).
Clerk‑Treasurer Beth Jones told the Paoli Town Council on Nov. 4 that a previously reported 3% increase in employee health premiums was renegotiated down to 0% for 2026.
Jones said she asked J.A. Benefits to seek a lower rate and that SIHO agreed to hold premiums steady for 2026, meaning the town will pay the same premiums next year as in 2025. The council voted unanimously to allow the clerk‑treasurer to sign the final paperwork when it arrives.
The agreement avoids an immediate increase in the town’s employee health‑insurance expense for the coming year and was approved without dissent. The council did not provide additional details in the minutes about benefit design or employer/employee cost sharing; Jones said she will complete and sign the paperwork when it is received.
