01/10/83 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 10, 1983 The regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was convened at 9:35 a.m., January 10, 1983, by President John E. Leszczynski, with Mr. Leszczynski, Mr. Richard L. Hill and Mr. Joseph E. Kernan present. Also present was Assistant City Attorney Carolyn V. Pfotenhauer. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING APPROVED Upon a motion. made by Mr. Hill, seconded by Mr. Kernan and carried, the minutes of the January 4, 1983, regular meeting of the Board were approved as submitted. AGENDA ITEM ADDED Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the Agreement between the City of South Bend and the Teamsters Local Union No. 364 was added to the agenda. AWARD BID - CITY VEHICLES (BASNEY FORD/GATES CHEVY WORLD Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the Board approved the recommendations made by Mr. Sean Watt, Director of the Division of Transportation regarding the award of bids for city vehicles. The award is as follows: Basney Ford - One (1) 1983 Ford Ranger Pick-up, with trades $6,365.92 One (1) 1983 Ford Fairmont Futura, with trades $6,382.00 Gates Chevy World Seven (7) 1983 Chevrolet Scooters, with trades $36,801.00 In addition, two (2) additional vehicles will be traded for one (1) 1983 Chevrolet Scooter for $5,257.28. AWARD BID - GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE Mr. Kernan presented to the Board the recommendation of Corporate Policyholders Counsel, Inc. based on their review of the three (3) most competitive proposals to provide the employees of the City of South Bend with Life and Health benefits. Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment are to remain insured, while Health is to be self funded. The three proposals were furnished by Benefit Trust Life Insurance Company, Bath, Van Mele and Associates, Inc., and Health Claims Administration, Inc. The last of these is a Third Party Administrator, who would administer the Health claim payments, while the Life and AD&D insurance would be provided by Sun Life of Canada. Bath, Van Mele and Associates would use the same life insurer (Sun Life) and Russell M. Tolley as the Health Claims Administrator. First year claim payments in the amount of $ 1,380,000 have been assumed. Based on the number of insured employees at the beginning of December, 1982, all three (3) of the proposals and Corporate Policyholders Counsel arrived at claim assumptions within two per cent (2%) of this number. The comparative fixed costs and expected liabilities of the three proposals are as follows: