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Personnel & Finance Committee approves city-paid utilities for new airport hangars and OKs insurance rate increases
Summary
At its March 19 meeting the Personnel & Finance Committee approved the City paying utilities for new Mount Pleasant airport hangars from June 1 through Nov. 30, and approved a 6.31% increase in health insurance rates and a 2.01% increase in dental rates; the FYE27 draft budget was discussed.
The Personnel & Finance Committee on March 19 approved a temporary City payment of utilities for new airport hangars and accepted modest increases to employee health and dental insurance rates.
Cliff Baker, identified in the meeting as the fixed-base operator (FBO) at Mount Pleasant Airport, asked the Committee to cover utilities for a set period so he could gauge average costs to pass on to future hangar renters. Committee members approved City payment of utilities from June 1 through Nov. 30.
The Committee also approved changes to the City's employee benefit rates. The health insurance rate will increase 6.31 percent and the dental insurance rate will increase 2.01 percent, and the Committee voted to accept those new rates. The transcript does not record who moved or seconded the motions, nor does it include a roll-call vote tally.
Members briefly discussed Draft #1 of the fiscal year 2027 (FYE27) budget; the meeting record notes the draft was reviewed but does not list line-item adjustments or any formal action on the document.
Steve Engberg, committee chair, called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. The meeting was recorded as ending at 10:05 a.m.
