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<br />1.70 <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />AUGUST 23, 1983 <br /> <br />expert and professional to look after the City's best interest in this field, not to <br /> <br />accept his recommendations appears to be incongruous. Meanwhile, Vice-Mayor Oakes, noting <br /> <br />that--based on the lowest of the new rates submitted--a continuation of the present cover- <br /> <br />age plan for City employees would cost only three dollars more per month per employee, ex- <br /> <br />pressed his preference that the present plan for City employees be continued (as opposed to <br /> <br />the recommended comprehensive major medical plan). Upon being informed that the City <br /> <br />School Board has postponed action on the bids submitted for medical coverage insurance for <br /> <br />its personnel and has, also, requested that City Council defer action, pending study by <br /> <br />both Council and the School Board, Councilman West withdrew his previously-presented motion <br /> <br />to accept the consultant's recommendations; whereupon a new motion, duly seconded, Council <br /> <br />unanimously voted to defer action as requested, pending study by representatives of the <br /> <br />City (Vice-Mayor Oakes and City Manager Edmonds) and the School Board, with the assistance <br /> <br />of the insurance consultant, and to continue the present-plan coverage for City employees <br /> <br />through Connecticut General for the month of September at the new rates proposed by Connect- <br /> <br />icut General. (Note: Based on rates quoted per employee, 240 employees, 124 of whom carry <br /> <br />dependent or family coverage, the bids were as follows, with some comparison with the pre- <br /> <br /> <br />sent plan costs, i.e., percentage increases over present plan costs shown in parentheses): <br /> <br />PRESENT PLAN (BASIC & MAJOR MEDICAL) <br /> <br /> EMPLOYEE DEPENDENT TOTAL <br />Current Costs (thru CG) $124,704 $ 81,498 $206,202 <br />Connecticut General Bid $163,757 (31%) $114,100 (40/0 ) $277 ,857 (35%) <br />BC-BS of Virginia Bid $151,258 (21%) $ 99,636 ( 22(0) $250,894 ( 22/0) <br />BC-BS of SW Virginia Bid $181,584 (46/0) $140,735 (73%) $322,319 (56/0) <br /> RECOMMENDED PLAN (MAJOR MEDICAL) <br />Connecticut General Bid $157,853 (27% ) $112 , 344 (38/0) $270,197 (31/0) <br />BC-BS of Virginia Bid $141,350 ( 13/0) $ 92,345 ( 13/0) $233,695 ( 13/0) <br />BC-BS of SW Virginia Bid $143,107 (15/0) $110,916 (36/0) $254,023 (23%) <br />