2015-0219 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting February 19,2015 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida Public Speakers: None Commissioner Aelion moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2375 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 10B. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Reappointing Rafael E. Suarez-Rivas, Esq. and Ellen Lavin, Esq. as Special Masters, for a Period of One Year. in Accordance with Section 14-3 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sunny Isles Beach; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Manager Russo reported. Public Speakers: None Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2376 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 10C. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving the Selection of Cigna as the Provider for Employee Health; Humatia as the Provider for Dental Insurance and Vision Care; Lincoln Financial as the Provider for Life Insurance, Accidental, Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance, Long-Term Disability Insurance, Voluntary Short-Term Disability Insurance,and Voluntary Life Insurance,for a One-Year Period; Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into Agreements with these Providers, Provided Said Agreements are Approved as to Form and Legal Sufficiency by the City Attorney; Further Authorizing the City Manage to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Human Resources/Risk Management Director Yael Londono reported. City Manager Russo noted a supplemental memo he distributed to the Commission yesterday. We had a number of substantial and very legitimate medical cases which made our experience pretty bad, and it may not be much better next year, combined with the increase of cost for health care has made this a real challenge. Between the work of our staff, our Brokers, and he has to give particular credit to our employee both from the sworn Police Department and civilian who worked with him through several meetings, not only in working on getting the cost down right from the carriers, but he is looking at some of the benefits that were fair and reasonable to keep both the City's cost down and in turn the employee's cost down, and we are still negotiating with the employee representatives and changes in the formula for the employee contribution which will benefit the City and the overall good of the employees. Sometimes when you put the problem on the table without the solutions and say this is what we have to face and everybody rolls up their sleeves and really did a good job the past two years. That work alone has accounted for about 5500,000 of potential increase being eliminated. You combine that with the work our Brokers do, they brought this down from 44 to 29 before we started dealing with it. Mayor Scholl said we have a great working relationship with all of our employees but when our agent does their job and everybody understands the issue, it is a wonderful thing that we can reconcile this because it used to be every 3 to 5 years you would go out for a new bid, and now it is every year and you are facing these issues all of the time. 18