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Auditor presents health-plan and payroll options; BCBS could save about $49,000
Summary
Auditor Jana Flaten presented a BCBS health-plan estimate that could save about $49,000 annually and reviewed payroll-frequency survey results and new withholding-tax rules under HB 1158; commissioners accepted an Ihry Insurance policy at the meeting.
Auditor Jana Flaten told the commission that moving county health coverage to Blue Cross Blue Shield would save approximately $49,000 per year, based on the prices she provided; she said the county’s BCBS representative, Margaret, will attend the September meeting to explain plan details. Separately, the board accepted a new insurance policy from Ihry Insurance on a unanimous motion.
Flaten also reviewed a staff payroll survey showing employees were split roughly in half over preferring once-monthly versus twice-monthly pay. She suggested paying hourly employees on a single monthly schedule to avoid paying an overlapping portion of two months in the current cycle. Flaten noted recent legislation (HB 1158) changes withholding obligations — single payments under $44,725 require no withholding — and that a GDP programmer prepared an internal calculation table to automate withholding amounts until the county transitions software.
