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Council conditionally approves switching health insurer for 2025 pending termination-cost estimate
Summary
Council approved a conditional change in the borough’s health insurance provider for 2025 if termination costs would not exceed $42,000; meeting minutes note two abstentions while also recording the motion as carried.
Manager Cindy Wells reported that she and Councilor Brian Osborn met with Municipal Benefit Services (MBS) to evaluate an alternative health insurance arrangement. Wells said new rate information for the current plan would be available Oct. 15 and that an estimate of run-out costs would be provided to compare switching from Benecon to MBS. The minutes state an anticipated annual savings of about $13,730 if the borough switched providers.
Councilor Brian Osborn moved to change health insurance providers for 2025 if estimated termination costs would not exceed $42,000; Councilor Steadman seconded. The minutes record that Councilors Riley Cross and James Kerns abstained; the same entry records the motion as carried. The minutes do not include a roll-call tally or the estimated termination cost figure used to finalize the decision, so the change remains conditional on the Oct. 15 cost data and any run-out-cost estimate.
