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Florence renews employee health insurance, directs sick-leave policy update
Summary
The board approved renewal of employee health insurance with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi effective December 2025 and authorized an update to the city's sick-leave policy to mirror state rules.
The Florence board voted Nov. 4 to renew employee health insurance with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi effective December 2025. The motion was made by Alderman Mason Herrin and seconded by Alderman Kyle Martin; the minutes record the motion as carried unanimously.
Separately, the board authorized City Attorney Bobby Lingold to update the city's sick-leave policy to mirror the state policy. The motion to update sick leave was made by Alderman Mason Herrin and seconded by Alderman Brent Sistrunk; the minutes do not include draft policy language or an effective date for the sick-leave change. Both actions were recorded as board directives; the health-insurance renewal is an immediate administrative renewal while the sick-leave update requires drafting and potential further adoption steps.
