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Brooklet council approves employee health insurance renewal with modest rate increases
Summary
The council approved renewing the employee health insurance plan; staff recommended keeping the current plan because it remains most cost-effective and provides a $0 net deductible despite a ~6.5% medical rate increase and ~5% bridge-policy increase.
Brooklet City staff recommended and the council approved an employee health insurance renewal March 19 that will keep the current plan and its $0 net deductible.
Staff presented projected rate changes that included a medical increase of about 6.5% and a bridge-policy increase near 5%. Officials said the existing plan remained the most cost-effective option compared with alternatives presented.
Council approval means city employees will continue under the same core plan; staff indicated the renewal was approved at the meeting and did not propose alternate carriers or benefit changes at this time.
The council did not attach conditions to the approval; any future benefit changes or competitive bids would be considered in subsequent budget cycles.
