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Special City Council Meetrng July 27, 2004 Page 7 asked that Mr. Anderson get a rough copy of the Personnel Policy to the Council. A motion was made by Councilwoman Fisher to accept the Sub-committee's proposal that new employees will be hired under a policy where they will be able to participate in the City's health insurance program which is in effect at their retirement, provided those employees absorb the full cost ofthat coverage. Which coverage will end at age sixty-five or when they become eligible for Medicare. The motion was seconded by Councilman Poston and carried 7 ayes, 0 nays. Mayor Fendley read the next item, which was discussion of City Policy, recommendations of the Benefits Sub-Committee to the Council and possible action and direction to the City Staff regarding employee participation in the cost of health insurance. Councilman Guest said the Committee made no recommendations as such but that the City should obtain the services of an insurance consultant for the purposes of designing a new health insurance program and to bid out such insurance program. He said it would be a conflict of interest for that consultant to participate in the participating in offering or providing the insurance products themselves. Councilman Wilson said that since the next time they could get bids was in May, they have plenty of time. Councilman Guest said he felt the employees should have the opportunity to participate in a cafeteria plan where they could choose the coverage they wanted. Mr. Anderson said that they talked about going out for proposals for that. He also talked to Texas Municipal League to see if there was an option under the current plan to do this, who said they would bring him back a proposal. Councilman Guest did say the Committee's recommendation was to hire a consultant.