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Supervisors ask staff for benchmarking and propose stakeholder task group to study benefits
Summary
Supervisors asked staff to benchmark surrounding counties, provide policy options for large increases and competing COLA scenarios, and form a stakeholder task group including schools and the sheriff's office; Caitlin and other members agreed to assemble data with the broker's assistance.
Supervisors told staff they need comparative information and a policy framework for responding to future large premium increases. One committee member asked for guidance on what to do if health-cost increases greatly outpace COLA or if the county faces a year with an unusually large premium change.
Committee members proposed forming a stakeholder task group that would include representatives from large employer groups in the county (for example, schools and the sheriff’s office) and use the insurance broker to gather comparative data. Caitlin said she can assist in assembling information and that a task group would be a useful way to develop recommendations that balance taxpayer and employee impacts.
