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Controller recommends 80/20 health-insurance split; deputies urge opt-out of PA-152 and 85/15 consideration
Summary
County Controller Paul Compo outlined health-insurance renewal options and recommended moving from hard caps to an 80/20 split under PA-152; Detective Sergeant John Klepadlo later urged the board to opt out of PA-152 and consider an 85/15 split on behalf of bargaining and non-bargaining units.
County Controller Paul Compo presented three options for health-insurance renewal: remain with the current agency under the same plan design, stay with the current agency but switch to a Blue Care Network plan, or join an insurance pool under a different Priority Health plan. Compo said his "minimum recommendation is to go away with the hard caps and go to an 80/20," adding that moving to a less restrictive plan would increase county costs by roughly $130,000–$140,000. He also said eliminating Plan A (a non-deductible plan) was under consideration and that any change away from an 80/20 baseline would require a two-thirds vote to opt out of PA-152.
During extended public comment after the meeting recess, Detective Sergeant John Klepadlo, speaking on behalf of bargaining and non-bargaining units, asked the board to opt out of PA-152 of 2011 and to consider an 85/15 employee/county split rather than 80/20 to better support county employees.
