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Arapahoe council approves SHB25 Silver plan and $2,500 HSA contribution for employees
Summary
The Arapahoe City Council voted 5-0 on Dec. 11 to adopt the SHB25 Silver employee health plan, contribute $2,500 upfront to each employee's HSA, require employees to pay 15% of premiums and have the city cover the remaining 85%.
The City Council of Arapahoe, Nebraska, voted unanimously on Dec. 11 to adopt the SHB25 Silver health insurance plan for city employees and to provide a $2,500 upfront contribution to each employee's health savings account (HSA). Councilman Polston moved the measure and Councilman Kreutzer seconded; the motion passed on a 5-0 roll call with Councilman Paulsen absent.
The measure sets employee premium contributions at 15% and assigns the city to pay the remaining 85% of premiums. The motion also specifies a one-time $2,500 city contribution to each individual's HSA, paid up front. The vote was recorded with Ayes from Carpenter, Middagh, tenBensel, Kreutzer and Polston; there were no Nays and no recorded abstentions.
Mayor Koller presided over the session. The agenda item was recorded under "New Business" in the minutes; no additional amendments, conditions, or funding sources were specified in the meeting record. Elected-official comments were noted later in the agenda, and the council adjourned by unanimous consent at 8:50 p.m.
City Clerk Donna Tannahill certified the minutes and stated that the meeting notice had been posted and published in the Valley Voice, and that the Open Meetings Act location was available during the meeting. The council did not record further details about implementation timing, budget coding, or whether the city would phase the HSA contributions; those items were not specified in the minutes.
