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Council adopts employee health, disability and dental contracts with Blue Cross, Mutual of Omaha and Reliance Standard
Summary
After opening public hearings with no public comment, council adopted ordinances contracting with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana for employee health coverage (effective July 1), Mutual of Omaha for disability/life, and Reliance Standard for dental; votes were recorded with one member absent.
The city council opened public hearings and adopted multiple ordinances approving employee-benefit contracts, including health, disability and dental plans, for the contract year beginning July 1, 2025.
Miss Bucks (insurance representative) was present to answer council questions at the Blue Cross Blue Shield hearing. The council heard no public comments and moved to adopt the ordinances. The clerk called the roll for each adoption: Councilman Hyde, Councilwoman Woods, Councilman Marcelo, Councilman Hooper, Councilman Leoo and President God voted yes; Councilman Reynolds was absent. The ordinances were recorded as adopted.
The adopted Blue Cross Blue Shield contract will take effect July 1, 2025, and the council also approved companion contracts for short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance with Mutual of Omaha and a dental coverage contract with Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company. The council also adopted an ordinance to permit a deductible cost-sharing program with Cobra Professionals Inc. tied to the Blue Cross contract.
Council did not include plan-level premiums or budget appropriations in the ordinance text read into the record; Miss Bucks said she would be available for individual questions after the meeting. The council did not vote on changes to employee contribution rates in the public hearing recorded in the transcript.
The adopted ordinances change the city’s insurance vendors and authorize mayoral execution of the listed contracts; staff indicated these are renewals or replacement vendor contracts timed to begin July 1, 2025.
