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City reports project updates and a steep health-benefits renewal; broker hired to find alternatives
Summary
City staff reported on ongoing projects (pond filling, pedestrian bridge piers) and a volatile health-benefits renewal (about a 76% increase); the city designated an external broker to seek better proposals and ancillary benefits.
City administrators gave several staff updates. The pond project is nearly full and bridge piers for a pedestrian span were poured; visitors from KDOT and the Kansas Turnpike Authority toured Basehor projects. The city is in budget and audit season and expects an unmodified audit opinion from external auditors.
Staff reported a substantial health-benefits renewal increase of roughly 76 percent that prompted the city to go to market and designate an external broker (transcript names vary between Buchanan/Bukati) to assist with benefits procurement and ancillary coverage. One councilmember summarized that medical spend moved from about $500,000 to nearly $900,000, an increase of roughly $400,000, with more than $200,000 in projected savings expected once broker work and ancillary benefits are finalized.
