Board of Aldermen 3-31-2020 Page 19
President Wilshire
Talk to Director Budreau.
Larry Budreau, Human Resources Director
So Alderman Klee again, | am going to start with the last question first because that’s the one | remember.
And that is relative to phasing the contribution payment, basically is that necessary, how many people leave?
Well we did look at that, | don’t have the numbers in my head but it’s not really a lot of people. One of the
timing phenomena that this also considers and of course we are not talking about the schools yet in general.
Because the school year starts in September, but the Fiscal Year for the City and the Fiscal Year for the
health plan starts in July, there’s the possibility sometimes that we enroll a teacher and we provide the full
benefit for $3,000.00 and then they don’t return to school that school year. And so we could have in that case
paid the $3,000.00 to the contribution intending for that to be for the next 12-month period and it might only
end up being for the next 2 months, July and August.
Secondly, we have mostly been communicating with Manchester about their plan and they do pay their plan
in installments also.
Alderman Klee
| am in complete agreement with paying it in payments, | just didn’t know if it is common practice for one big
lump sum or is it more common to have it kind of drawn out whether it be July and October or four times a
year or three times a year. | would feel more comfortable if it was paid out that way but | also understand if
you have one maior incident at the beginning of the year you want that $3,000.00 there. But again if they
then did have that care and got the $3,000.00 and then left as you said whether they took it with them or used
it, it still is in the same kind of boat. So thank you.
President Wilshire
Alderman Clemons?
Alderman Clemons
Thank you very much. So | have a few questions, I'll let whoever wants to answer them answer them. So
just so | am clear, there are no copays on the high deductible plan correct?
Larry Budreau, Human Resources Director
Correct.
Alderman Clemons
So like if you go to the pharmacy or you have a prescription or whatever, you are just paying whatever the
prescription costs and then once you reach that, in the case of a family, once you reach that $4,000.00 then
what happens?
Larry Budreau, Human Resources Director
Then you don’t pay anything.
Kim Kleiner, Admin. Services Director
Just to note Alderman Clemons there was some question on this so | just want to be clear. They are paying
