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Committee backs adding base dental coverage to city health plan
Summary
The finance committee voted to add a base dental benefit to the city's state health-insurance plan; staff estimated the annual cost at about $11,000 with roughly $9,000 on the tax levy and will prepare a council resolution.
The City of Elma’s finance committee voted Aug. 18 to instruct staff to pursue adding base dental coverage to the city’s health insurance offering and to bring a resolution to the council.
Staff said the city’s total health‑insurance budget for 2027 is projected at about $346,000 assuming similar enrollments, and that adding dental would cost roughly $11,000 per year for all employees who take the medical plan. Staff noted about $9,000 of that would hit the tax levy under current allocations. Amy Johnson, who made the motion, said the addition is a recruitment and retention measure: "I just think it's important that we are providing for our employees." The committee directed staff to confirm implementation steps and return proposed ordinance/resolution language to the council.
The committee recorded the motion and a tie during roll call that required the mayor’s deciding input; subsequent discussion clarified that the item will come to council as a resolution and that buy‑up dental plans (employee-selected higher coverage levels) would remain employee-paid.
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